VII-VIII nerve complex hung up by the subarcuate artery: a cause of hemifacial spasm

Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2007 Jun;149(6):633-5; discussion 635. doi: 10.1007/s00701-007-1145-x. Epub 2007 Apr 26.
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Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Arcuate Nucleus of Hypothalamus / blood supply*
  • Arteries / surgery
  • Craniotomy
  • Decompression, Surgical
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Facial Nerve Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Facial Nerve Diseases / surgery
  • Hemifacial Spasm / etiology*
  • Hemifacial Spasm / surgery
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Microsurgery
  • Nerve Compression Syndromes / diagnosis*
  • Nerve Compression Syndromes / surgery
  • Neurologic Examination
  • Vestibulocochlear Nerve Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Vestibulocochlear Nerve Diseases / surgery