Korean Journal of Clinical Laboratory Science (대한임상검사과학회지)
- Volume 45 Issue 3
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- Pages.124-129
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- 2013
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- 1738-3544(pISSN)
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- 2288-1662(eISSN)
Hemifacial Spasm Caused by Brain Tumor
- Park, Sang-Ku (Department of Neurology Laboratory, Samsung Medical Center) ;
- Hyun, Soon-Chul (Department of Neurology Laboratory, Samsung Medical Center) ;
- Lim, Sung-Hyuk (Department of Neurology Laboratory, Samsung Medical Center) ;
- Park, Chan-Woo (Department of Neurology Laboratory, Samsung Medical Center) ;
- Park, Jin-Woo (Department of Neurology Laboratory, Samsung Medical Center) ;
- Kim, Dong-Jun (Department of Neurology Laboratory, Samsung Medical Center) ;
- Kim, Ki-Eob (Daejeon Health Sciences College) ;
- Kim, Gi-Bong (Department of Neurology Laboratory, Samsung Medical Center)
- Received : 2013.07.26
- Accepted : 2013.08.29
- Published : 2013.09.30
Abstract
Separating of the facial nerve caused by compression near the blood vessels that cause the blood vessels and surgery when the hemifacial spasm, facial spasms, will disappear. These impacts have occurred very rarely and seen in this paper as facial spasms due to a brain tumor. The size of a brain tumor grows, which will put pressure on the surrounding facial spasm. Treated hemifacial spasm symptoms disappear through the removal of a brain tumor that occurs because saw.