Utility of magnetic resonance cisternography using three-dimensional fast asymmetric spin-echo sequences with multiplanar reconstruction: The evaluation of sites of neurovascular compression of the trigeminal nerve

The technique of MR cisternography using 3D-FASE sequences with MPR is more accurate and useful than MRA for detection of the site of NVC in patients with trigeminal neuralgia. Patients with trigeminal neuralgia should be further examined using MR imaging to rule out a brain tumor. Radiologists should understand that a few subjects with no symptoms could show NVC with MR cisternography.