A Case of Facial Spasm Associated with Ipsilateral Cerebellopontine Angle Arachnoid Cyst

Abstract The authors report a rare case of right cerebellopontine angle cyst related to hemifacial spasm. The patient was a 66-year-old woman with a 3-year history of right hemifacial spasm. The cyst was diagnosed preoperatively by T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging, which demonstrated a hyperin...

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Main Authors: Hiroshi Ogawa, Satoru Hiroshima, Kyousuke Kamada
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. 2015-09-01
Series:The Surgery Journal
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0035-1564341