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Is hemifacial spasm accompanied by hemodynamic changes detectable by ultrasound? [PDF]

, 2019
Background: Arterial tortuosity of the posterior circulation compressing the facial nerve induces the ephaptic axono-axonal cross-talk that sparks hemifacial spasm.
Magistris, Michel, Perren, Fabienne
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Differences in improvement between patients with idiopathic versus neurovascular hemifacial spasm after botulinum toxin treatment

, 2008
This study was performed to investigate the differences in response to botulinum toxin treatment between patients with idiopathic versus neurovascular hemifacial spasm.
Okuyucu, Esra, Coşkun, ÖZLEM, Tunç, Tuǧba, Çavdar, Leyla, Inan, Levent E., Karadaǧ, Yeşim Sücüllü   +5 more
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Determining prognostic factors in the treatment of primary hemifacial spasm: Clinical outcomes and complications. A literature review

World Neurosurgery: X
Objective: Primary Hemifacial Spasm (PHFS) significantly impacts quality of life, necessitating effective treatment like microvascular decompression of the facial nerve.
Juan Carlos Acevedo-González, Alex Taub-Krivoy, Julian Alfonso Sierra-Peña, Julian Geronimo Lizarazo   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Radiation-induced cavernous malformation within a vestibular schwannoma: A case report

SAGE Open Medical Case Reports
Cavernous malformations are a well-described complication of intracranial radiation; however, have only once previously been described within a vestibular schwannoma following radiotherapy.
Alex Z. Graboyes, Alexandra E. Quimby, Sabrina Heman-Ackah, Sara L. Stone, Jason A. Brant, Douglas C. Bigelow, John Y. K. Lee   +6 more
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Ayurvedic management of hemifacial spasm

Journal of Ayurveda Case Reports
Hemifacial Spasm (HFS) is characterized by unilateral intermittent twitching of facial muscles. In Ayurveda, it may be considered one of the presentations of Ardita based on its clinical signs and symptoms.
Santosh Kumar Bhatted, Harshali Arun Shende   +1 more
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Dosage of botulinum toxin in patients undergoing treatment for hemifacial spasm: is there modification during follow-up?

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
Background The movement disorder known as hemifacial spasm is characterized by involuntary contractions of the muscles that are innervated by the facial nerve. The treatment of choice for this condition is botulinum toxin injections.
Fátima de Menezes Dantas, Felipe Olobardi Freire, Agábio Diógenes Pessoa Neto, Clécio de Oliveira Godeiro Júnior, Rodrigo Alencar e Silva   +4 more
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Fractional anisotropy quantification by diffusion tensor MRI of cranial nerves VII and VIII with neurovascular contact in patients with and without neurocompressive syndrome

Journal of the Mexican Federation of Radiology and Imaging
Introduction: Fractional anisotropy (FA) quantification using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) provides information beyond anatomy. It allows differentiation between incidental asymptomatic neurovascular contact (NVC) and clinical neurocompressive syndrome.
M. Pilar Cortes-Avalos, C. Arturo Dominguez-Frausto, Juan A. Benitez-Lopez   +2 more
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Hemifacial Spasm

, 2002
The patient is a 72 year old man with myopia, childhood exotropia, progressive age related ptosis and right hemifacial spasm. Hemifacial spasm (HS) most often begins insidiously in the orbicularis oculi muscle in the early stages, as in this man.
Shirley H. Wray, MD, PhD, FRCP
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Comparison of Surgical Outcomes in Microscopic and Fully Endoscopic Microvascular Decompression for Hemifacial Spasm

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica
Fully endoscopic microvascular decompression is increasingly being used to treat hemifacial spasm; however, its efficacy must be validated by comparing it with conventional microscopic microvascular decompression.
Kyosuke MATSUNAGA, Norio ICHIMASU, Nobuyuki NAKAJIMA, Michihiro KOHNO   +3 more
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Comment faire au spasme hémifacial

, 2023
Hemifacial spasm (HFS) is one of the various movement disorders affecting the face and is characterised by subtle or sustained contractions of muscles innervated by the seventh cranial nerve.
Aktan, David
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