A Case Report of Hemifacial Spasm Caused by Vestibular Schwannoma and Literature Review
Brain Sciences, 2022 Background: Most cases of hemifacial spasm result from mechanical compression at the root exit zone of the facial nerve by vascular loops, and only a few cases are caused by vestibular schwannoma.
Xiaomin Cai +6 more
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Surgical interventions for the early management of Bell's palsy [PDF]
, 2011 Background: Bell's palsy is an acute paralysis of one side of the face of unknown aetiology. Bell's palsy should only be used as a diagnosis in the absence of all other pathology.
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Hemifacial Spasm and Blepharospasm: Divergent Social Cognition Performance Despite Similar Neurocognitive Profiles. [PDF]
Brain BehavABSTRACT Background Hemifacial spasm (HFS) and blepharospasm (BSP) are two neurological disorders characterized by involuntary contractions in the eye and face area. These two diagnostic groups' neurocognitive and social cognition performances are not adequately understood regarding behavioral neurology.
Çelik S.
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Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements, 2015 Background: The aim was to elucidate clinical trial efficacy, safety, and dosing practices of abobotulinumtoxinA (ABO) treatment in adult patients with blepharospasm and hemifacial spasm.
Khashayar Dashtipour +4 more
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Ocular wavefront aberrations in patients with facial dystonia treated with botulinum toxin [PDF]
, 2011 PURPOSE: To analyze the ocular wavefront aberrations in patients with facial dystonia treated with botulinum toxin A. METHODS: Patients with benign essential blepharospasm and hemifacial spasm in activity underwent slit lamp examination and bilateral ...
Cariello, Angelino Julio +8 more
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Long-term efficacy of botulinum toxin A for treatment of blepharospasm,hemifacial spasm, and spastic entropion: a multicentre study using two drug-dose escalation indexes [PDF]
, 2010 PURPOSE: To investigate the long-term effectiveness and safety of botulinum neurotoxin A (BoNT-A) treatment in patients with blepharospasm (BEB), hemifacial spasm (HFS), and entropion (EN) and to use for the first time two modified indexes, 'botulin ...
A Berardelli +67 more
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Efficacy of levetiracetam in hemifacial spasm: a case report. [PDF]
, 2008 OBJECTIVE: Safety and efficacy of levetiracetam in a man with hemifacial spasm (HFS). METHODS AND RESULTS: The present work reports the case of a 54-year-old man with a 5-year history of left-sided HFS who, after treatment with levetiracetam (dosage, 500
CARRIERI, PIETRO BIAGIO +2 more
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Antiviral treatment for Bell's palsy (idiopathic facial paralysis) [PDF]
, 2009 BACKGROUND: Antiviral agents against herpes simplex virus are widely used in the treatment of idiopathic facial paralysis (Bell's palsy), but their effectiveness is uncertain. Significant morbidity can be associated with severe cases.
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Analysis of wave III of brain stem auditory evoked potential waveforms during microvascular decompression of cranial nerve VII for hemifacial spasm [PDF]
, 2014 INTRODUCTION:: Intraoperative monitoring of brain stem auditory evoked potential during microvascular decompression (MVD) prevent hearing loss (HL). Previous studies have shown that changes in wave III (wIII) are an early and sensitive sign of auditory ...
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A Case of Facial Spasm Associated with Ipsilateral Cerebellopontine Angle Arachnoid Cyst
The Surgery Journal, 2015 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.
Hiroshi Ogawa +2 more
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