Schwannoma arising from the intermediate nerve and manifesting as hemifacial spasm: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 277-279

  Kudo, Akira ^b   Suzuki, Michiyasu ^a   Kubo, Naohiko ^b   Kuroda, Kiyoshi ^b   Ogawa, Akira ^b   Iwasaki, Yuzo ^b  

^a IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Facial nerve; Facial spasm; Intermediate nerve; Microvascular decompression; Pathogenesis; Schwannoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIOTOMY; FACIAL NERVE; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; NEURILEMOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CRANIAL NERVE NEOPLASMS; FACIAL MUSCLES; FACIAL NERVE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; NEURILEMMOMA; SPASM;

EID: 0030050855     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1996.84.2.0277     Document Type: Article

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