Introduction: Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) secondary to tumors is encountered in up to 6% of
patients with facial pain syndromes and is considered to be associated with tumors affecting …

✓ During a 20-year period, 26 patients with typical symptoms of trigeminal neuralgia were
found to have posterior fossa tumors at operation. These cases included 14 meningiomas …

OBJECTIVE: This study was conducted to determine whether removing the bony
prominence located above the porus of the internal acoustic meatus, called the suprameatal …

Trigeminal neuralgia is a debilitating pain syndrome in the sensory distribution of the
trigeminal nerve. Compression of the cisternal segment of the trigeminal nerve by a vessel …

✓ Twenty-five meningiomas located at the tentorial notch were surgically treated between
1978 and 1993 at the Neurosurgical Department of Nordstadt Hospital in Hannover …

OBJECTIVE: To define the difference of meningiomas that originate in the area of Meckel's
cave (MC)(primary MC meningiomas) in regard to the different surgical approaches and …

BACKGROUND: Literature on tumors originating from Meckel's cave (MC) and their surgical
treatment are scarce. OBJECTIVE: We present 37 cases of tumors originating from MC, the …

Object The purpose of this study was to elucidate the anatomy of the trigeminal nerve
(cranial nerve [CN] V), Meckel cave (MC), and lateral wall of the cavernous sinus (CS) …

Object. This study was directed to evaluate the potential role of gamma knife surgery (GKS)
in the treatment of secondary trigeminal neuralgia (TN). The authors have identified three …

A retrospective study of the surgical management of 41 cerebellopontine angle (CPA)
meningiomas was performed. All patients were treated by a single surgeon (TTK) over a 25 …