Trigeminal Neuralgia Secondary to Cerebellar Arteriovenous Malformation: A Report of Two Cases
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Joseph C. Serrone; Mardjono Tjahjadi; Vincent Wijaya; Muhammad Sinatrya Caropeboka
- Source
- Asian Journal of Neurosurgery
- Subject
- Trigeminal nerve
Cerebellar arteriovenous malformation
medicine.medical_specialty
trigeminal neuralgia
business.industry
medicine.medical_treatment
Pain relief
multimodal treatment
Gamma knife radiosurgery
Arteriovenous malformation
Microvascular decompression
Case Report
General Medicine
microsurgery
Microsurgery
medicine.disease
030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging
Surgery
Resection
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Trigeminal neuralgia
medicine
business
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2248-9614
1793-5482
Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) secondary to cerebellar arteriovenous malformation (cAVM) is a rare condition with only few reports existing in the literatures. Given to its rarity, the treatment armamentarium is still controversial. We reported our experiences treated two cases of TN secondary to cAVM using different strategies. The first case was successfully treated by a combination of gamma knife radiosurgery and microvascular decompression (MVD) of the trigeminal nerve. The second case was successfully treated by one-step microsurgical AVM resection and MVD of the trigeminal nerve. Postoperative immediate pain relief was achieved in both patients. Microsurgical procedure is still playing an important role in treating TN secondary to cAVM.