Acknowledgments We appreciate the skilled efforts of the talented medical illustrators Courtney Fleming and Anthony Baker, whose original works are depicted in this chapter. This chapter includes an accompanying lecture presentation that has been prepared by the authors: Video 70.1…
Introduction The pathobiology of vascular compression of the trigeminal (V), facial (VII), glossopharyngeal (IX), and vagus (X) nerves underlies a number of related neurologic disorders. Dandy (1932) first described vascular compression of the trigeminal nerve in the posterior fossa as…
Acknowledgment The Intramural Research Program of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke at the National Institutes of Health supported portions of this manuscript. Epidemiology and Significance Meningiomas are the most common primary brain and central nervous system tumors…