Neurological picture. Hemifacial spasm, neuralgia, and syncope due to cranial nerve compression in a patient with vertebral artery ectasia

J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2005 Nov;76(11):1500. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.2005.064147.

Authors

K Spengos¹, G Tsivgoulis, G Stouraitis, D Vassilopoulos, P Toulas, E Gialafos

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurology, University of Athens, 11528 Athens, Greece. spengos@hol.gr

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Cerebral Angiography
Decompression, Surgical / methods
Dilatation, Pathologic / diagnostic imaging
Dilatation, Pathologic / pathology
Facial Paralysis / complications*
Facial Paralysis / pathology*
Facial Paralysis / surgery
Female
Glossopharyngeal Nerve / pathology
Glossopharyngeal Nerve / surgery
Hemifacial Spasm / complications
Hemifacial Spasm / etiology*
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Medulla Oblongata / pathology
Nerve Compression Syndromes / complications*
Nerve Compression Syndromes / pathology*
Nerve Compression Syndromes / surgery
Neuralgia / complications
Neuralgia / etiology*
Pons / pathology
Syncope / complications
Syncope / etiology*
Vagus Nerve / pathology
Vagus Nerve / surgery
Vertebral Artery / diagnostic imaging
Vertebral Artery / pathology*