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Table 1 Number of involved branches for each cranial nerve group

From: The value of 3D high-resolution IR-prepared fast spoiled gradient-recalled MRI in the diagnosis of meningeal carcinomatosis involving the cranial nerves

Cranial nerve(CN)

No. of people(nā€‰=ā€‰114)

No. of total CN

No. of affected nerve

unilateral/bilateral

Facial and auditory nerves

2/65

228

132(57.89%)

Trigeminal nerve

13/41

228

95(41.67%)

Oculomotor nerve

0/11

228

26(9.65%)

Hypoglossal nerve

2/8

228

18(7.89%)

Optic nerve

5/1

228

7(3.07%)

Glossopharyngeal/vagus/accessory Nerve complex

4/0

228

4(1.75%)

Abductor nerve

0/1

228

2(0.88%)