Vol. 35 (4) 2014 Neuro endocrinology letters

Trigeminal nerve asymmetry in classic trigeminal neuralgia - pretreatment volumetry and clinical evaluation in patients irradiated by Leksell Gamma Knife.

OBJECTIVES: The etiology of classic trigeminal neuralgia (CTN) is still under debate and, together with neurovascular compression (NVC), other anatomical abnormalities have been considered, including differences of trigeminal nerve (TN) volume.

DESIGN: We evaluated the volumes of affected and non-affected nerves .....