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ArticleNeurointervention2025

Hemifacial Spasm Caused by Posterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery Compression due to Vertebral Artery Aneurysm: Management with Stent-Assisted Coil Embolization.

Nagatsuki Tomura, Masaki Sonoda, Takashi Shuto

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Article in Neurointervention, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Nagatsuki TomuraDepartment of Neuroendovascular Therapy, Yokohama Rosai Hospital, Yokohama, Japan.
Masaki SonodaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan.
Takashi ShutoDepartment of Neurosurgery, Yokohama Rosai Hospital, Yokohama, Japan.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 45-year-old female presented with progressive right hemifacial spasm (HFS) over 6 months. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed the right posterior inferior cerebellar artery (PICA) as the culprit vessel for HFS and a fusiform aneurysm in the vertebral artery (VA) just proximal to it. Following the patient's request for endovascular treatment of the VA, stent-assisted coil embolization was performed to achieve PICA deviation through VA straightening after stent placement and thereby reduce HFS symptoms. At 21 months post-procedure, her HFS had resolved, with imaging confirming PICA deviation due to VA straightening, suggesting that this anatomical change contributed to symptom resolution.

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Hemifacial spasmIntracranial aneurysmVertebral artery

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PMID40045736
PMCPMC12183365

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