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Brissaud-Sicard syndrome caused by a diffuse brainstem glioma. A rare differential diagnosis of hemifacial spasm

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  1. Department of Neurology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

    Pawel Tacik & Dirk Dressler

  2. Department of Neurology, Marienhospital, Kevelaer, Germany

    Michael Krasnianski

  3. Department of Neurosurgery and Spine Surgery, Ruppiner-Kliniken, Fehrbelliner Strasse 38, 16816, Neuruppin, Germany

    Alex Alfieri

  4. Department of Neurology, Martin Luther University of Halle-WittenBerg, Halle (Saale), Germany

    Michael Krasnianski

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Tacik, P., Krasnianski, M., Alfieri, A. et al. Brissaud-Sicard syndrome caused by a diffuse brainstem glioma. A rare differential diagnosis of hemifacial spasm. Acta Neurochir 156, 429–430 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-013-1984-6

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