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- Title
An Adult Case of Hemifacial Spasm as the Predominant Manifestation of Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension.
- Authors
Chow, Christopher Y.; Harrison, Nathan; Fermo, Olga P.
- Abstract
The article presents several case study related to 24-year-old man with marfanoid habitus who developed unilateral facial numbness and weakness among other symptoms of spontaneous intracranial hypotension, 37-year-old man who developed a new onset orthostatic headache and facial palsy after vigorous exercise, and 63-year-old healthy woman developed new onset headaches. Topics include the non-headache manifestations recognized to date, and the cranial nerve palsies may accompany the symptoms.
- Subjects
CEREBROSPINAL fluid; FACIAL muscles; HEADACHE; HYPOTENSION; INTRACRANIAL pressure; MAGNETIC resonance imaging; SPASMS; TRIGEMINAL neuralgia; EPIDURAL blood patch
- Publication
Headache: The Journal of Head & Face Pain, 2020, Vol 60, Issue 10, p2603
- ISSN
0017-8748
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.1111/head.13962