Sandberg D I, Souweidane M M
Division of Neurosurgery, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York 10021, USA.
Pediatr Neurol. 1999 Oct;21(4):754-6. doi: 10.1016/s0887-8994(99)00077-6.
An 11-year-old male in whom hemifacial spasm was the presenting sign of a pilocytic astrocytoma within the fourth ventricle is reported. The child's hemifacial spasm decreased substantially after resection of the tumor. Hemifacial spasm is largely a disease of adults and only rarely is attributed to brain tumors. In contrast, this marks the fifth case of hemifacial spasm reported in a child, three of which have been attributed to tumors of the fourth ventricle.
报告了一名11岁男性，其第四脑室内的毛细胞型星形细胞瘤以半面痉挛为首发症状。肿瘤切除后，患儿的半面痉挛明显减轻。半面痉挛在很大程度上是一种成人疾病，很少归因于脑肿瘤。相比之下，这是报道的第五例儿童半面痉挛病例，其中三例归因于第四脑室肿瘤。
