dolichoectasias

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A form of dolichoectasia — elongation and distension of an artery

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noun
  1. pluralplural of dolichoectasia

    In few reported cases of vertebrobasilar dolichoectasias complicated by trigeminal neuralgia, hypoplasia of the trigeminal nerve has never been reported, rather the condition was associated with compression of the root entry zone of the trigeminal nerve.

    2015, Abhishek Jha et al., “Trigeminal hypoplasia due to vertebrobasilar dolichoectasia: A new entity”, in Journal of Pediatric Neurosciences, volume 10, →DOI
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