Trigeminal neuralgia and hemifacial spasm as false localizing signs in patients with a contralateral mass of the posterior cranial fossa: Report of three cases

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1067-1071

  Matsuura, Nobuki ^a,b   Kondo, Akinori ^a  

^a Kitano Medical Research Institute and Hospital   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

contralateral mass; false localizing sign; hemifacial spasm; trigeminal neuralgia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION; POSTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

EID: 0030012535     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1996.84.6.1067     Document Type: Article

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