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Painful Tic Convulsif Caused by an Arteriovenous Malformation

Authors: Byung-chul Son, MD PhD, Deog-ryung Kim, Jae-hoon Sung, Sang-won Lee

Published in: Clinical Neuroradiology | Issue 4/2012

Abstract

Painful tic convulsif (PTC) is a term to describe the coexistence of trigeminal neuralgia and ipsilateral hemifacial spasm, and about four dozen cases have been reported in the literature. With respect to PTC caused by an arteriovenous malformation (AVM), to our knowledge, only two cases have been documented and their angiographic findings were not described. We present here the rare case of PTC attributed to an AVM in the cerebellopontine angle (CPA) and review the relevant literature.

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Title: Painful Tic Convulsif Caused by an Arteriovenous Malformation
Authors: Byung-chul Son, MD PhD
Deog-ryung Kim
Jae-hoon Sung
Sang-won Lee
Publication date: 01-12-2012
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Clinical Neuroradiology / Issue 4/2012
Print ISSN: 1869-1439
Electronic ISSN: 1869-1447
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00062-012-0167-9

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