title: A single microvascular decompression surgery cures a patient with trigeminal neuralgia, hemifacial spasm, tinnitus, hypertension, and paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia caused by the compression of a vertebral artery.
abstract: This report presents a 72-year-old woman with posterior cranial fossa neurovascular compression syndrome that included paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia. The patient underwent surgical exploration of the posterior cranial fossa, and a gross left vertebral artery was identified as the offending vessel. The neurovascular conflicts were associated with the cranial nerves V, VII, VIII, IX, and X. The patient experienced significant postoperative relief. Probably this is the first report of a single microvascular decompression, having cured such a high number of syndromes, including paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia.
authors: Department of Neurosurgery, Shanghai 10th People's Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200072, China.
authors: Yin
authors: Y
authors: Jia
authors: Wang
authors: W
authors: Wenhua
authors: Zhang
authors: Z
authors: Quanbin
mesh_terms: D019569:Hemifacial Spasm / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension; D061145:Microvascular Decompression Surgery; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes; D013617:Tachycardia, Supraventricular; D014012:Tinnitus / Q000601:surgery; D014277:Trigeminal Neuralgia; D014711:Vertebral Artery / Q000601:surgery