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NEUROLOGY 1987;37:339
© 1987 American Academy of Neurology

Hemifacial Spasm due to contralateral acoustic neuroma

Case report

T. Nishi, MD, Y. Matsukado, MD, S. Nagahiro, MD, M. Fukushima, MD and K. Koga, MD

Department of Neurosurgery, Kumamoto University Medical School, Kumamoto, Japan.

A patient with a large acoustic neuroma had contralateral hemifacial spasm. On CT, the brainstem was markedly displaced and distorted by the tumor. After total removal of the tumor the hemifacial spasm was temporarily worse, but disappeared 14 days after the operation.

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Nishi, Department of Neurosurgery, Kumamoto University Medical School, Kumamoto 860, Japan.

Received March 4, 1986. Accepted for publication June 23, 1986.






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