Hemifacial spasm in a patient with basilar artery dolichoectasia caused by uncontrolled hypertension

A 47-year-old male presented with a 2-year history of hemifacial spasm. Magnetic resonance imaging performed showed his tortuous basilar artery with nerve compression, and the patient was treated conservatively with botulinum toxin injections with complete resolution of symptoms. This rare disease w...

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Autores principales: Crabtree, Gordon S., Gish, David, Goldberg, David
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Co-Action Publishing 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5087260/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27802860
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description A 47-year-old male presented with a 2-year history of hemifacial spasm. Magnetic resonance imaging performed showed his tortuous basilar artery with nerve compression, and the patient was treated conservatively with botulinum toxin injections with complete resolution of symptoms. This rare disease was caused by his long history of hypertension, which led to his major basilar artery dolichoectasia.
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spelling pubmed-50872602016-11-17 Hemifacial spasm in a patient with basilar artery dolichoectasia caused by uncontrolled hypertension Crabtree, Gordon S. Gish, David Goldberg, David J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect Case Report A 47-year-old male presented with a 2-year history of hemifacial spasm. Magnetic resonance imaging performed showed his tortuous basilar artery with nerve compression, and the patient was treated conservatively with botulinum toxin injections with complete resolution of symptoms. This rare disease was caused by his long history of hypertension, which led to his major basilar artery dolichoectasia. Co-Action Publishing 2016-10-26 /pmc/articles/PMC5087260/ /pubmed/27802860 http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/jchimp.v6.32686 Text en © 2016 Gordon S. Crabtree et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License, permitting all non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_full Hemifacial spasm in a patient with basilar artery dolichoectasia caused by uncontrolled hypertension
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title_short Hemifacial spasm in a patient with basilar artery dolichoectasia caused by uncontrolled hypertension
title_sort hemifacial spasm in a patient with basilar artery dolichoectasia caused by uncontrolled hypertension
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5087260/
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