CPAP Therapy Improves Intractable Hemifacial Spasm

The correlation between obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and hemifacial spasm has never been reported in the literature. Here, we report a case of OSA-induced hypertension with intractable hemifacial spasm in which both conditions improved after continuous positive airway pressure treatment.

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Autores principales: Kasemsap, Narongrit, Netwijitpan, Sittichai, Limpawattana, Panita, Kongbunkiat, Kannikar, Tiamkao, Somsak, Chotmongkol, Verajit, Aekphachaisawat, Noppadol, Sawanyawisuth, Kittisak
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4624892/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26550503
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/846234
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author Kasemsap, Narongrit
Netwijitpan, Sittichai
Limpawattana, Panita
Kongbunkiat, Kannikar
Tiamkao, Somsak
Chotmongkol, Verajit
Aekphachaisawat, Noppadol
Sawanyawisuth, Kittisak
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Netwijitpan, Sittichai
Limpawattana, Panita
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description The correlation between obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and hemifacial spasm has never been reported in the literature. Here, we report a case of OSA-induced hypertension with intractable hemifacial spasm in which both conditions improved after continuous positive airway pressure treatment.
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spelling pubmed-46248922015-11-08 CPAP Therapy Improves Intractable Hemifacial Spasm Kasemsap, Narongrit Netwijitpan, Sittichai Limpawattana, Panita Kongbunkiat, Kannikar Tiamkao, Somsak Chotmongkol, Verajit Aekphachaisawat, Noppadol Sawanyawisuth, Kittisak Case Rep Neurol Med Case Report The correlation between obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and hemifacial spasm has never been reported in the literature. Here, we report a case of OSA-induced hypertension with intractable hemifacial spasm in which both conditions improved after continuous positive airway pressure treatment. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015 2015-10-15 /pmc/articles/PMC4624892/ /pubmed/26550503 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/846234 Text en Copyright © 2015 Narongrit Kasemsap et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Tiamkao, Somsak
Chotmongkol, Verajit
Aekphachaisawat, Noppadol
Sawanyawisuth, Kittisak
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title_short CPAP Therapy Improves Intractable Hemifacial Spasm
title_sort cpap therapy improves intractable hemifacial spasm
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