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World J Radiol. Dec 28, 2025; 17(12): 116453
Published online Dec 28, 2025. doi: 10.4329/wjr.v17.i12.116453
Published online Dec 28, 2025. doi: 10.4329/wjr.v17.i12.116453
Magnetic resonance imaging-based classification of trigeminal nerve-superior cerebellar artery relationships
George Triantafyllou, Panagiotis Papadopoulos-Manolarakis, Maria Piagkou, Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens 11527, Attikí, Greece
Panagiotis Papadopoulos-Manolarakis, Department of Neurosurgery, General Hospital of Nikaia-Piraeus, Athens 18454, Attikí, Greece
Nikolaos-Achilleas Arkoudis, Georgios Velonakis, Research Unit of Radiology and Medical Imaging, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens 11528, Attikí, Greece
Nikolaos-Achilleas Arkoudis, Ornella Moschovaki-Zeiger, Georgios Velonakis, Second Depart
Author contributions: Triantafyllou G contributed to conceptualization and project development; Arkoudis NA and Moschovaki-Zeiger O contributed to data collection; Velonakis G and Piagkou M provided supervision; Triantafyllou G, Papadopoulos-Manolarakis P, Arkoudis NA, Moschovaki-Zeiger O, Velonakis G, and Piagkou M participated in data analysis, writing, reviewing, and editing; and all authors have read and approved the final version of the manuscript.
Institutional review board statement: This study was approved by the Medical Ethics Committee of General Hospital of Nikaia-Piraeus, approval No. 13.11.2024.
Informed consent statement: Patients provided informed consent for the current study.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All the authors report no relevant conflicts of interest for this article.
Data sharing statement: Please contact the authors for data requests.
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Corresponding author: Maria Piagkou, DDS, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 75 Mikras Asias Street, Athens 11527, Attikí, Greece. mapian@med.uoa.gr
Received: November 12, 2025
Revised: November 25, 2025
Accepted: December 10, 2025
Published online: December 28, 2025
Processing time: 44 Days and 21.3 Hours
Revised: November 25, 2025
Accepted: December 10, 2025
Published online: December 28, 2025
Processing time: 44 Days and 21.3 Hours
Core Tip
Core Tip: This study examined the relationship between the superior cerebellar artery and trigeminal nerve utilizing high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging and evaluated whether particular anatomical configurations predispose to clinically significant contact. Eight distinct topographical patterns were identified. Medial configuration predisposed to shortest distance, significant higher contact rates, and in some cases, ipsilateral facial numbness. The proposed classification system could be used from anatomists, radiologists and neurosurgeons - for proper understanding of the relationship between these two structures.