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Vascular compression of the eighth cranial nerve

MedGen UID:
1053477
Concept ID:
CN377993
Finding
Synonyms: Neurovascular compression syndrome of the vestibulocochlear nerve; Vestibulocochlear nerve compression syndrome
 
HPO: HP:6000845

Definition

A condition in which blood vessels adjacent to the eighth cranial nerve (vestibulocochlear nerve) such as the anterior inferior cerebellar artery abnormally contact or compress the vestibulocochlear nerve as it exits the brainstem or travels within the cerebellopontine angle. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVVascular compression of the eighth cranial nerve

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Strupp M, Lopez-Escamez JA, Kim JS, Straumann D, Jen JC, Carey J, Bisdorff A, Brandt T
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Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Papadopoulou AM, Bakogiannis N, Sofokleous V, Skrapari I, Bakoyiannis C
Audiol Neurootol 2022;27(3):200-207. Epub 2022 Feb 17 doi: 10.1159/000521792. PMID: 35176744
Zhang L, Yu Y, Yuan Y, Xu J, Xu X, Zhang J
Neurol India 2012 Sep-Oct;60(5):495-7. doi: 10.4103/0028-3886.103194. PMID: 23135026
Simon MV
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Diagnosis

Walijee H, Vaughan C, Munir N, Youssef A, Attlmayr B
Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2021 Oct;278(10):3625-3631. Epub 2021 Jan 16 doi: 10.1007/s00405-020-06586-4. PMID: 33452921
Strupp M, Lopez-Escamez JA, Kim JS, Straumann D, Jen JC, Carey J, Bisdorff A, Brandt T
J Vestib Res 2016;26(5-6):409-415. doi: 10.3233/VES-160589. PMID: 28262641Free PMC Article
De Ridder D, Vanneste S, Adriaensens I, Lee AP, van de Heyning P, Möller A
Acta Neurochir (Wien) 2012 May;154(5):807-13. Epub 2012 Mar 6 doi: 10.1007/s00701-012-1307-3. PMID: 22392014
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Jannetta PJ, Møller MB, Møller AR
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Therapy

Karamitros A, Kalamatianos T, Stranjalis G, Anagnostou E
J Neuroradiol 2022 Mar;49(2):225-233. Epub 2021 Aug 5 doi: 10.1016/j.neurad.2021.07.007. PMID: 34364914
Bae YJ, Jeon YJ, Choi BS, Koo JW, Song JJ
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2017 Jun;38(6):1212-1217. Epub 2017 Apr 6 doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A5156. PMID: 28385885Free PMC Article
Strupp M, Lopez-Escamez JA, Kim JS, Straumann D, Jen JC, Carey J, Bisdorff A, Brandt T
J Vestib Res 2016;26(5-6):409-415. doi: 10.3233/VES-160589. PMID: 28262641Free PMC Article
Sindou MP
Acta Neurochir (Wien) 2005 Oct;147(10):1019-26; discussion 1026. Epub 2005 Aug 12 doi: 10.1007/s00701-005-0583-6. PMID: 16094508
Brandt T, Dieterich M
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Prognosis

Sun H, Tian X, Zhao Y, Jiang H, Gao Z, Wu H
Acta Neurochir (Wien) 2022 Nov;164(11):2953-2962. Epub 2022 Mar 5 doi: 10.1007/s00701-022-05157-2. PMID: 35249141Free PMC Article
Turcotte EL, Patra DP, Abi-Aad KR, Welz ME, Weisskopf PA, Bendok BR
World Neurosurg 2020 Mar;135:233. Epub 2019 Dec 16 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2019.12.046. PMID: 31857267
Strupp M, Lopez-Escamez JA, Kim JS, Straumann D, Jen JC, Carey J, Bisdorff A, Brandt T
J Vestib Res 2016;26(5-6):409-415. doi: 10.3233/VES-160589. PMID: 28262641Free PMC Article
Hendrix P, Griessenauer CJ, Foreman P, Loukas M, Fisher WS 3rd, Rizk E, Shoja MM, Tubbs RS
Clin Anat 2014 Jan;27(1):108-17. Epub 2013 Oct 21 doi: 10.1002/ca.22318. PMID: 24343775
Zhang L, Yu Y, Yuan Y, Xu J, Xu X, Zhang J
Neurol India 2012 Sep-Oct;60(5):495-7. doi: 10.4103/0028-3886.103194. PMID: 23135026

Clinical prediction guides

Sun H, Tian X, Zhao Y, Jiang H, Gao Z, Wu H
Acta Neurochir (Wien) 2022 Nov;164(11):2953-2962. Epub 2022 Mar 5 doi: 10.1007/s00701-022-05157-2. PMID: 35249141Free PMC Article
Bae YJ, Jeon YJ, Choi BS, Koo JW, Song JJ
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2017 Jun;38(6):1212-1217. Epub 2017 Apr 6 doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A5156. PMID: 28385885Free PMC Article
Strupp M, Lopez-Escamez JA, Kim JS, Straumann D, Jen JC, Carey J, Bisdorff A, Brandt T
J Vestib Res 2016;26(5-6):409-415. doi: 10.3233/VES-160589. PMID: 28262641Free PMC Article
Zhang L, Yu Y, Yuan Y, Xu J, Xu X, Zhang J
Neurol India 2012 Sep-Oct;60(5):495-7. doi: 10.4103/0028-3886.103194. PMID: 23135026
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Recent systematic reviews

Papadopoulou AM, Bakogiannis N, Sofokleous V, Skrapari I, Bakoyiannis C
Audiol Neurootol 2022;27(3):200-207. Epub 2022 Feb 17 doi: 10.1159/000521792. PMID: 35176744
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