Hemifacial spasm in tuberculous meningitis
- 1 September 1983
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Postgraduate Medical Journal
- Vol. 59 (695) , 570-571
- https://doi.org/10.1136/pgmj.59.695.570
Abstract
Summary: Hemifacial spasm developed in a 47-year-old man with tuberculous meningitis. The spasms ceased completely following vigorous antituberculous treatment. A selective compression of the facial nerve root along its exit at the brainstem by a localised inflammatory process is the most tenable explanation for the development of the hemifacial spasm.Keywords
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