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Therefore, we aim to determine the frequency of trigeminal neurovascular contact, involved nerve segment, culprit vessel, and characteristics of contacts in asymptomatic individuals. Knowledge about this is very crucial so that every patient may not be labeled as having neurovascular conflict as the primary cause and can be saved from unnecessary surgeries.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec id=\"st2\">\n<jats:title>Methods: <\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>A retrospective observational study was conducted on 105 MRI brain scans of asymptomatic individuals for trigeminal neurovascular relationships by two expert neuro-radiologists. Percentages calculated for categorical variables and for continuous variables Shapiro\u2013Wilk test were used. The Fisher Exact test is used to assess the association between conflict and other variables. Inter-rater reliability was computed for the outcome and other variables and Cohen\u2019s kappa to evaluate the strength of agreement. All calculations were performed using STATA version 17.0.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec id=\"st3\">\n<jats:title>Results: <\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>Out of 105 cases, neuro-vascular contact was identified in 64 cases. The most common contacting vessel was the superior cerebellar artery. The most common nerve segment involved was the cisternal segment, followed by the Root entry zone and porous trigeminus. In about 54 cases, the vessel was abutting the nerve, while in eight cases, it was compressing and, in two cases, displacing the nerve. The superior surface of the nerve was commonly involved. The inter-rater reliability between both neuroradiologists showed significant agreement.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec id=\"st4\">\n<jats:title>Conclusion: <\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>Neurovascular contact is found in asymptomatic individuals, so just the presence of contact in symptomatic individuals on MRI should not be considered as only the cause of trigeminal neuralgia. 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