ABSTRACT
The authors report the clinical and angiographical findings of two cases of familial hemifacial spasm. This is the fifth description in the literature and presents mother and daughter at the ages of 76 and 51 respectively, in whom the left side was affected. They underwent exams of angioresonance that showed dolichobasilar with left side origin in both patients. The exams also demonstrated postero-inferior cerebellar artery very developed and irregularities in the walls of the vertebral and basilar arteries suggestive of arteriosclerosis in the mother and slightly elongated intracranial vessels in the daughter. Literature review and etiology data of the hemifacial spasm are focused.
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Hemifacial Spasm/genetics , Aged , Botulinum Toxins, Type A/therapeutic use , Female , Hemifacial Spasm/diagnosis , Hemifacial Spasm/drug therapy , Humans , Magnetic Resonance Angiography , Middle Aged , Neuromuscular Agents/therapeutic useABSTRACT
The surgical findings observed in a series of 260 patients with craniovertebral anomaly are presented. There were 29 (11.1%) patients only with basilar impression, 18 (6.9%) cases of pure Arnold-Chiari malformation and 213 (81.9%) cases of basilar impression associated with Chiari malformation. The surgical findings on bone, dura-mater, nervous tissue and blood vessels of this region are reported.
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Arnold-Chiari Malformation/surgery , Platybasia/surgery , Adolescent , Adult , Aged , Arnold-Chiari Malformation/pathology , Child , Child, Preschool , Female , Humans , Infant , Male , Middle Aged , Platybasia/pathologyABSTRACT
The authors report a case of schistosomiasis mansoni with intraspinal localization on a 39 year old man who presented neurologic manifestation likely a Brown-Séquard syndrome. Cerebrospinal fluid examination showed positive immunofluorescent test for schistosomiasis, and treatment was started at once.
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Hemiplegia/etiology , Schistosomiasis mansoni/complications , Spinal Cord Diseases/etiology , Adult , Humans , Male , Schistosomiasis mansoni/physiopathology , Spinal Cord Diseases/physiopathology , SyndromeABSTRACT
The authors report a case of schistosomiasis mansoni with intraspinal localization on a 39 year old man who presented neurologic manifestation likely a Brown-Séquard syndrome. Cerebrospinal fluid examination showed positive immunofluorescent test for schistosomiasis, and treatment was started at once.
