Hemifacial spasm: ultrastructural changes in the facial nerve induced by neurovascular compression.
In patients with hemifacial spasm, pathological changes were found in the facial nerve resulting from neurovascular compression-distortion. These changes are simular to those noted in trigeminal neuralgia.
D005152:Facial Muscles; D005154:Facial Nerve / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D006801:Humans; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013035:Spasm / Q000473:pathology*