Choi Hyuk Jai, Choi Seok Keun, Rhee Bong Arm
Kyung Hee University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Turk Neurosurg. 2013;23(2):241-4. doi: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.3853-10.1.
A 65-year-old woman presented with left facial involuntary movement and facial palsy for eight years. Brain magnetic resonance image (MRI) and magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) revealed multiple vascular compression of facial nerve root exit zone (REZ). Standard retromastoid suboccipital craniectomy and arachnoid dissection were performed. Right vertebral artery (VA), left VA, left anterior inferior cerebellar artery (AICA), and left posterior inferior cerebellar artery (PICA) compressed the facial nerve in that order. The offending vessels were dissected away from the facial nerve and transposed sequentially. Teflon was interposed between the arteries and the nerve. Electrophysiological monitoring showed disappearance of the abnormal hemifacial spasm response during the operation. The offending vessels were right VA, left VA, left AICA, and left PICA. Postoperatively, the patient's involuntary movement was completely resolved. We report a rare case of hemifacial spasm caused by four offending vessels that was treated by microvascular decompression (MVD) with wide arachnoid dissection.
一名65岁女性出现左侧面部不自主运动和面瘫8年。脑磁共振成像(MRI)和磁共振血管造影(MRA)显示面神经根部出口区(REZ)存在多处血管压迫。进行了标准的乳突后枕下颅骨切除术和蛛网膜松解术。右侧椎动脉(VA)、左侧VA、左侧小脑前下动脉(AICA)和左侧小脑后下动脉(PICA)依次压迫面神经。将肇事血管从面神经上分离并依次移位。在动脉和神经之间置入聚四氟乙烯。术中电生理监测显示异常的半面痉挛反应消失。肇事血管为右侧VA、左侧VA、左侧AICA和左侧PICA。术后,患者的不自主运动完全消失。我们报告了一例罕见的由四根肇事血管引起的半面痉挛病例,通过微血管减压术(MVD)加广泛蛛网膜松解术进行治疗。