Erschienen in:
01.08.2009 | Brief Report of a Special Case
Neurovascular compression in painful tic convulsif
verfasst von:
E. T. Fonoff, V. P. Araújo, Y. S. A. de Oliveira, M. J. Teixeira
Erschienen in:
Acta Neurochirurgica
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Ausgabe 8/2009
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Abstract
This article describes the case of a 67-year-old woman who presented with a typical left hemifacial spasm of 8-month duration. After 2 months, she experienced lacinating and sharp shock-like pain in the left side of her face affecting the V1 and V2 territories and a discrete attenuation of nauseous reflex on the left side. CT angiography and MRI revealed significant compression of left cranial nerves V, VII, VIII, IX and X by a giant and tortuous vertebro-basilar arterial complex. This case illustrates the nonlinearity of the relationship between the presence of the stressor factor and the actual manifestation of the disease.