Hemifacial spasms triggered by compression of tortuous anterior inferior cerebellar artery loop on the facial nerve in the internal auditory canal: A case report
The attachment of the facial nerve to the tortuous AICA loop coupled with the pulsatile impulse of tortuous AICA loop may have resulted in the entrapment and compression of the CN VII in the IAC.
Authors
- Siyuan Pan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0648-1442)
- Shuide Chen
- Seidu A. Richard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3475-0363)
- Zhigang Lan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1494-1437)
Institutions
- Sichuan University (CN)
- Third Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Medicine
- Published
- 2024-09-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/md.0000000000039690
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Trigeminal Neuralgia and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.85