Hemifacial spasm resulting from cerebellopontine angle lipoma: case report.
case_report · Level V
Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 7596519.
- No licence information is recorded for this record.
- Because redistribution is not established, this page shows the abstract only. Follow the links below for the full text.
Abstract
A case of hemifacial spasm associated with a cerebellopontine angle lipoma is described. Both the seventh and the eighth cranial nerves were incorporated and distorted within this tumor, which seemed to be the cause of hemifacial spasm and other cranial nerve dysfunctions, but obvious vascular elements were not included. To identify a cerebellopontine angle lesion as a lipoma is very important in surgical management. Magnetic resonance imaging is essential to the differential diagnosis of the cerebellopontine angle lesion.
Medical subject headings
- Cerebellar Neoplasms
- Facial Muscles
- Facial Nerve Diseases
- Lipoma
- Nerve Compression Syndromes
- Spasm