Hemifacial spasm. An unusual manifestation of idiopathic intracranial hypertension.
Increased intracranial pressure may produce a variety of clinical manifestations, some common and others rare. We present a patient with idiopathic intracranial hypertension whose initial symptom was hemifacial spasm. All signs and symptoms of intracranial hypertension resolved with acetazolamide.
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Division of Neuro-ophthalmology, Midwest Eye Institute, Methodist Hospital of Indiana, Indianapolis 46202.
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D005152:Facial Muscles / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007427:Intracranial Pressure; D008875:Middle Aged; D011559:Pseudotumor Cerebri / Q000150:complications*; D013035:Spasm / Q000209:etiology*