Hemifacial spasm. An unusual manifestation of idiopathic intracranial hypertension.

J Neuroophthalmol

Division of Neuro-ophthalmology, Midwest Eye Institute, Methodist Hospital of Indiana, Indianapolis 46202.

Published: December 1994

Increased intracranial pressure may produce a variety of clinical manifestations, some common and others rare. We present a patient with idiopathic intracranial hypertension whose initial symptom was hemifacial spasm. All signs and symptoms of intracranial hypertension resolved with acetazolamide.

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