Hemifacial spasm in tuberculous meningitis.
Hemifacial spasm developed in a 47-year-old man with tuberculous meningitis. The spasms ceased completely following vigorous antituberculous treatment. A selective compression of the facial nerve root along its exit at the brainstem by a localised inflammatory process is the most tenable explanation for the development of the hemifacial spasm.
D005152:Facial Muscles / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005155:Facial Nerve Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013035:Spasm / Q000209:etiology*; D014390:Tuberculosis, Meningeal / Q000150:complications*