When treating trigeminal neuralgia with SRS, are there vascular constraints or concern for late aneurysm?
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Radiation Oncology · University of Arizona
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The incidence of cerebral aneurysms after stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) for trigeminal neuralgia (TGN) is extremely rare. High-dose radiation (60 - 90 Gy) delivered to local microvasculature can theoretically cause focal vessel wall weakening, elastin degeneration, or radiation angiopathy leading ...
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