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ALONSO, P.A. et al. Neuralgia del trigémino: estudio funcional mediante tensor de difusión de alta densidad como herramienta diagnóstica. Rev. argent. radiol. [online]. 2015, vol.79, n.2, pp.65-71. ISSN 1852-9992.

Objective: The objective of this article is to demonstrate the alteration of the anisotropy factor (FA) in essential trigeminal neuralgia. Materials and methods: Ten patients with essential trigeminal neuralgia were studied with sequences of high density diffusion tensor and anatomic 3D images with a high-field 3 Tesla resonator. The nerves were located in all cases studied. The obtained images were post-processed to perform tractography and FA was measured in 20 nerves. Results: There was correlation of pathological findings between measuring FA and clinical presentation of the patients. Six of the ten patients studied with neurovascular compression at the neuralgia side had decreased FA values compared to contralateral normal range. Two of the ten patients showed bilateral neurovascular compression, but only abnormal values of FA were found at the clinically affected side. In the remaining two patients no neurovascular compression was determined; however the FA was lower at the clinical manifestation neuralgic side. Conclusión: The performing of high density anisotropic diffusion and the measurement of the FA may be useful in the evaluation of Trigeminal neuralgia, since it is a safe and reproducible method that allows the study of nerve function.

Palabras clave : High density diffusion tensor imaging; Essential trigeminal neuralgia; Anisotropy factor.

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