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case_images: (a and b) T2-weighted Brain MRI (coronal plane). T2 Coronal MRI thin-section 3D CISS images showing the right PICA crossing the cerebello-pontine cistern in close contact with the right VII and VIII nerves. The arrow indicates the PICA loop
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case_images: Images showed the right posterior cerebellar artery crossing the cerebello-pontine cistern [arrow in Figure 1] in close contact with the right VII and VIII nerves [arrow in Figure 2], near the internal auditory canal.
case_images: (a-c) Axial MRI thin-section 3D CISS images: the right PICA makes a loop in the cerebello-pontine cistern.(d) Close contact of the PICA and VII nerve. The arrow indicates the close contact between the vessel and the VII-VIII nerve complex
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case_images: Images showed the right posterior cerebellar artery crossing the cerebello-pontine cistern [arrow in Figure 1] in close contact with the right VII and VIII nerves [arrow in Figure 2], near the internal auditory canal.
case_images: Intraoperative views during microvascular decompression. We observed close contact between vascular structures and the facial nerve, which could explain the irritative symptoms presented by the patient. *VII-VIII nerve complex; arrow-head - loop of PICA; IX - glossopharyngeal nerve
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case_images: In the cerebello-pontine angle, as shown in Figure 3, the loop [arrow-head in Figure 3] of the PICA was visualized, as well as the close contact between the vascular structure and the VII-VIII nerves complex [* in Figure 3].