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Hemifacial Spasm and Craniovertebral Anomaly

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

F.B. Maroun ,
J.C. Jacob ,
B.K.A. Weir  and
M.A. Mangan
F.B. Maroun*
Affiliation:
Division of Neurosurgery, Neurology and the Department of Radiology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland
J.C. Jacob
Affiliation:
Division of Neurosurgery, Neurology and the Department of Radiology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland
B.K.A. Weir
Affiliation:
Division of Neurosurgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
M.A. Mangan
Affiliation:
Division of Neurosurgery, Neurology and the Department of Radiology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland
*
12 Gleneyre Street, St. John's, Nfld. A1A 2M7
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Two patients with congenital anomaly of the craniovertebral junction causing disabling hemifacial spasm (HFS) are presented. In one patient, complete cessation of the HFS occurred for a period of two years following simple bony decompression of the craniovertebral junction raising unanswered questions as to the exact pathogenesis of HFS. Eventually both patients required microvascular decompression at the root entry zone of the facial nerve.

Type
Original Articles
Information
Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 17 , Issue 4 , November 1990 , pp. 424 - 426
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1990

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