Abstract | OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE: CLINICAL PRESENTATION: A 50-year-old man sought treatment for left facial twitching that worsened over 6 months. Magnetic resonance imaging and catheter angiography demonstrated a left tentorial dural arteriovenous fistula. INTERVENTION: CONCLUSION: Posterior fossa arteriovenous fistulas can present with a hemifacial spasm related to compression of the facial nerve by arterialized leptomeningeal veins. Microsurgical obliteration of the fistula can resolve the related symptoms.
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Authors | Vivek R Deshmukh, Peter H Maughan, Robert F Spetzler |
Journal | Neurosurgery
(Neurosurgery)
Vol. 58
Issue 1
Pg. E202; discussion E202
(Jan 2006)
ISSN: 1524-4040 [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 16385320
(Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Arteriovenous Fistula
(complications, diagnosis, surgery)
- Carotid Arteries
(diagnostic imaging)
- Cerebellum
(blood supply)
- Cerebral Angiography
- Craniotomy
- Dura Mater
(blood supply)
- Hemifacial Spasm
(etiology, physiopathology)
- Humans
- Intraoperative Period
- Ligation
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Remission Induction
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