[Idiopathic facial hemispasm: a case report].
A case of prolonged, slowly progressive, idiopathic hemifacial spasm in a 68-year-old man is presented. A suspected cerebellopontine angle lesion was confirmed by MRI and digital angiography. Cerebellopontine angle lesions have to be differentiated from idiopathic hemifacial spasm.
Navarrete
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Hospital Materno Infantil, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
Alayón
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Martínez
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Marrero
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D000368:Aged; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001764:Blepharospasm / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D002220:Carbamazepine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005154:Facial Nerve / Q000503:physiopathology; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006801:Humans; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D008297:Male; D014711:Vertebral Artery / Q000503:physiopathology
D000927:Anticonvulsants; D002220:Carbamazepine