Idiopathic facial hemispasm: a case report
Navarrete, M.L.; Alayón, S.; Martínez, I.; Marrero, L.
Acta Otorrinolaringologica Espanola 48(1): 57-59
1997
ISSN/ISBN: 0001-6519 PMID: 9131929 Document Number: 481851
A case of prolonged, slowly progressive, idiopathic hemifacial spasm in a 68-year-old man is presented. A suspected cerebellopontine angle lesion was confirmed by MRI and digital angiography. Cerebellopontine angle lesions have to be differentiated from idiopathic hemifacial spasm.
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