Conservative treatment in hemifacial spasm due to vertebrobasilar dolichoectasia. 2024

Vincentius Diamantino Supit, and Yudhi Adrianto, and Sita Setyowatie
Department of Neurology, Airlangga University Faculty of Medicine, Airlangga University Hospital, Surabaya, Indonesia.

Primary or secondary hemifacial spasm (HFS) can be caused by a variety of conditions, one of which is caused by neurovascular contact with a vertebrobasilar dolichoectasia (VBD). Microvascular decompression (MVD) had been known for the treatment of neurovascular contact that gives best outcome, however there were still limitations which surgery cannot be performed. In that case, conservative treatment plays essential role. Our case reported A 69-year-old man with chief complaint right HFS for four years that getting better with conservative treatment (blood pressure management and clonazepam oral).

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