![]() The symptoms of hemifacial spasm disappeared immediately after surgery. Resection of the tumor was then conducted. By further exploration of regions other than root exit zone, a small vestibular schwannoma compressing the internal auditory canal portion of facial nerve from the ventral side was discovered. During the process of microvascular decompression, no definite vessel was found to compress the facial nerve. ![]() A 64-year-old man was admitted to our department with a 14-month history of symptomatic right-sided hemifacial spasm. Case presentation: We report a case of symptomatic hemifacial spasm induced by a small vestibular schwannoma that was totally resected. Background: Most cases of hemifacial spasm result from mechanical compression at the root exit zone of the facial nerve by vascular loops, and only a few cases are caused by vestibular schwannoma.
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