Cerebellopontine angle arachnoid cyst: A case of hemifacial spasm caused by an organic lesion other than neurovascular compression: Case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Mastronardi, Luciano ^a   Taniguchi, Raymond ^b   Caroli, Manuela ^a   Crispo, Francesco ^a   Ferrante, Luigi ^a   Fukushima, Takanori ^c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Triple Army Hospital   (United States)

^c Carolina Neuroscience Institute for Skull Base Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Arachnoid cyst; Hemifacial spasm; Microvascular decompression; Posterior cranial fossa surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARACHNOID CYST; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PONS ANGLE TUMOR; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; ARACHNOID CYSTS; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CEREBELLOPONTINE ANGLE; COCHLEAR NERVE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICROSURGERY; VESTIBULAR NERVE;

EID: 74349101600     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000360155.18123.D1     Document Type: Article

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