title: [Idiopathic facial hemispasm: a case report].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Materno Infantil, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Navarrete
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Alayón
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Martínez
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Marrero
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000927:Anticonvulsants; D002220:Carbamazepine