Resolution of hemifacial spasm after surgical obliteration of a tentorial arteriovenous fistula: case report.

Abstract:

OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:We describe a patient with a tentorial dural arteriovenous fistula who presented with ipsilateral hemifacial spasm. 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:The patient underwent a retrosigmoid craniotomy and ligation of the draining vein at the site of the fistula. Intraoperative angiography showed complete obliteration of the fistula. The patient's hemifacial spasm improved significantly after the fistula was obliterated. 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.

journal_name

Neurosurgery

journal_title

Neurosurgery

authors

Deshmukh VR,Maughan PH,Spetzler RF

doi

10.1227/01.neu.0000192386.89105.82

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2006-01-01 00:00:00

pages

E202; discussion E202

issue

1

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0148-396X

issn

1524-4040

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00006123-200601000-00023

journal_volume

58

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