title: Successful treatment of cervical dystonia induced by basal ganglion venous angioma with gamma knife thalamotomy.
abstract: Stereotatic radiosurgery is typically not the first line of treatment for cervical dystonia. We present a patient with a rare cervical dystonia induced by a venous angioma in the right basal ganglion. The patient was successfully treated with a gamma knife thalamotomy after failed treatments of botulinum toxin injections and peripheral denervation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, 160 Taichung-Kang Road Sec. 3, Taichung 407, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Chun-Ming
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Yen
authors.forename: Jason
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sheehan
authors.forename: Hung-Chuan
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Pan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D020144:Basal Ganglia Cerebrovascular Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D001905:Botulinum Toxins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D020787:Central Nervous System Venous Angioma / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D003714:Denervation; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D016634:Radiosurgery / Q000379:methods*; D013788:Thalamus / Q000473:pathology; D014103:Torticollis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*
chemical_list: D001905:Botulinum Toxins