Therapeutic considerations in cerebellopontine angle lipomas inducing hemifacial spasm

Lipoma is a very rare tumour at the cerebellopontine angle. We report a case of incomplete hemifacial spasm, associated with a lipoma involving and compressing both facial and acoustic nerves at their origin in the brainstem. The patient was treated with medical therapy (botulinum toxin A) and surge...

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Veröffentlicht in:Neurological sciences 2000-10, Vol.21 (5), p.329-331
Hauptverfasser: Ruggieri, R M, Manfrè, L, Calbucci, F, Piccoli, F
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