Four patients with painful tic convulsive and a brief review of surgical treatment.
We present four patients with unusual painful tic convulsive: three were due to neurovascular compression; one was secondary to a cerebellopontine angle epidermoid cyst. We discuss these patients and those in the literature to determine the appropriate therapy for this rare disease.
Department of Neurosurgery, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, 107 Weihua Xi Road, Ji'nan, Shandong Province 250012, China.
Liang-wen
LW
Zhang
Yuan
Y
Zhang
Shu-gan
SG
Zhu
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D019569:Hemifacial Spasm / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D061145:Microvascular Decompression Surgery / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012008:Recurrence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013981:Tic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D014277:Trigeminal Neuralgia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*