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15722610

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-2-21
pubmed:abstractText
A 15-year-old boy with achondroplasia developed right hemifacial spasm associated with headache, vomiting, and hearing disturbance. Computed tomography showed hydrocephalus. A ventriculoperitoneal shunt was placed. His hydrocephalus subsequently resolved, the hemifacial spasm and headache disappeared, and his hearing disturbance improved. The episodes of hemifacial spasm were probably related to a small posterior cranial fossa volume, the so-called crowding of the posterior fossa. Increased intracranial pressure due to hydrocephalus apparently contributed to further reduction in the posterior cranial fossa volume and led to the hemifacial spasms. In addition, his hearing disturbance may have been the result of dysfunction of the cochlear nerve due to the increase in intracranial pressure caused by hydrocephalus.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0470-8105
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
45
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
104-7
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Disappearance of hemifacial spasm after ventriculoperitoneal shunting in a patient with achondroplasia--case report.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurological Surgery, Kagawa University School of Medicine, Kagawa, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports