Hemifacial spasm due to cerebellopontine angle lipoma: case report.
We report the unique case of a patient with hemifacial spasm caused by a lipoma of the cerebellopontine angle, which was identified preoperatively by CT and MRI. Surgery resulted in complete resolution of facial spasm.
D000328:Adult; D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D002530:Cerebellopontine Angle; D005152:Facial Muscles; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000150:complications*; D013035:Spasm / Q000209:etiology*