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Neuroimaging of Meckel's cave in normal and disease conditions.

Joseph SchindlerLong TuVivek B KalraXiao WuAli MianRajiv ManglaElias MichaelidesPina SanelliDheeraj Gandhi
Published in: Insights into imaging (2018)
• Meckel's cave contains the trigeminal nerve between prepontine cistern and cavernous sinus. • Assessment is essential for perineural spread of disease and trigeminal neuralgia. • Key imaging: neural enhancement, enlargement, perineural fat/CSF effacement, skull base foraminal changes.
Keyphrases
  • neuropathic pain
  • adipose tissue
  • fatty acid
  • peripheral nerve
  • cerebrospinal fluid
  • clinical evaluation