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Tic convulsif, the combination of geniculate neuralgia and hemifacial spasm relieved by vascular decompression

From the Division of Neurological Surgery, University of Cincinnati Medical Center and Mayfield Neurological Institute, Cincinnati, OH.

A patient had combined otalgia and intractable unilateral facial spasm, relieved by microsurgical vascular decompression of the seventh and eighth cranial nerve complex in the cerebellopontine angle without section of the intermediate nerve. A dolicho-ectatic anterior inferior cerebellar artery compressed the seventh and eighth cranial nerves complex, suggesting that vascular compression of the intermediate nerve or of the sensory portion of the facial nerve may cause geniculate neuralgia. "Tic convulsif" seems to be a combination of geniculate neuralgia and hemifacial spasm. This combination could be due to vascular compression of the sensory and motor components of the facial nerve at their junction with the brainstem.

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Yeh, Division of Neurological Surgery, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45267.

Accepted for publication August 16, 1983.

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