title: Rare causes of hemifacial spasm. Report of two cases.
abstract: Two patients are presented whose sole symptom was hemifacial spasm. Cerebellar arachnoid cyst was diagnosed in one patient who was treated effectively by removal of the cyst and decompression of the facial nerve. The second patient had an AVM of the posterior fossa. Surgery was withheld in this case.
authors.affiliation: Neurosurgery Clinic, Social Security Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Altinörs
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Kars
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cepoğlu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016080:Arachnoid Cysts / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D005152:Facial Muscles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D013035:Spasm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed