Dawid Kościołek, Mateusz Kobierecki, Mikołaj Tokarski, Konrad Szalbot, Aleksandra Kościołek, Mikołaj Malicki, Sora Wanibuchi, Karol Wiśniewski, Michał Piotrowski, Ernest J Bobeff, Bartosz M Szmyd, Dariusz J Jaskólski
The anterior inferior cerebellar artery (AICA) is situated within the posterior cranial fossa and typically arises from the basilar artery, usually at the pontomedullary junction. AICA is implicated in various clinical conditions, encompassing the development of aneurysms, thrombus formation, and the manifestation of lateral pontine syndrome. Furthermore, owing to its close proximity to cranial nerves within the middle cerebellopontine angle, AICA's pulsatile compression at the root entry/exit zone of cranial nerves may give rise to specific neurovascular compression syndromes (NVCs), including hemifacial spasm (HFS) and geniculate neuralgia concurrent with HFS...
February 17, 2024: Biomedicines