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ArticleProceedings (Baylor University. Medical Center)2023

Hemifacial spasm through changes of cerebrospinal fluid pressure in idiopathic intracranial hypertension.

Gabriel Cassinelli Petersen, Mitra Amirkhizi, Knut Brockmann, Payam Dibaj

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Article in Proceedings (Baylor University. Medical Center), 2023. 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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1citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 43% of its field
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What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Gabriel Cassinelli PetersenCenter for Rare Diseases Göttingen, University Medical Center Göttingen, Georg August University, Göttingen, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4546-0567
Mitra AmirkhiziDepartment of Radiology, Asklepios Hospitals Schildautal, Seesen, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6238-5124
Knut BrockmannCenter for Rare Diseases Göttingen, University Medical Center Göttingen, Georg August University, Göttingen, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6823-9091
Payam DibajCenter for Rare Diseases Göttingen, University Medical Center Göttingen, Georg August University, Göttingen, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1585-6330
Universitätsmedizin Göttingen · DEAsklepios Kliniken Schildautal · DE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hemifacial spasm (HFS) is a rare complication of idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH); hence, little is known about its pathophysiology and treatment options. Here, we report a 29-year-old woman with a 3-month history of IIH and HFS. Following a diagnostic and therapeutic lumbar puncture, she suffered from attacks of HFS for a few days every time she rose from a supine position. The relatively sudden drop in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pressure led to frequent HFS attacks, which, in contrast to the attacks in the previous months, were strictly observed only when getting up from the supine position. This observation suggests changes in CSF pressure as the likely pathophysiological mechanism responsible for HFS in IIH, rather than the absolute CSF pressure. She was then successfully treated with topiramate, a known therapeutic option in IIH, but not yet described for HFS in IIH.

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Cerebrospinal fluid pressurehemifacial spasmidiopathic intracranial hypertensiontopiramate

Identifiers

PMID36578612
PMCPMC9762843
OpenAlexW4294811868

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