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Imaging of hemifacial spasm.
Neuro-Chirurgie 2018 May
Almost all primary hemifacial spasms are associated with one or more neurovascular conflicts, most often at the root exit zone in the immediate vicinity of the brainstem. Imaging has first to exclude a secondary hemifacial spasm and secondly to search for and characterize the responsible neurovascular conflict(s). Magnetic resonance imaging should include high-resolution anatomical hyper T2-weighted sequences and magnetic resonance angiography by using 1.5 or even better 3 Tesla magnets. The most frequent vascular compressions are from the anterior-inferior cerebellar artery, the posterior-inferior cerebellar artery and the vertebrobasilar artery; venous conflicts are very rare. Conflicts are often multiple; also, the same vessel may compress the facial nerve in two places. Also, conflicts may be aided by particular anatomical circumstances, including arterial dolichoectasia, posterior fossa with a small volume or bony malformations.
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