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Two cases of idiopathic icepick-like headache are presented. This entity is clinically well defined but the appearance of accesses of intense, extremely brief pain commonly located at the same point in the territory of the first trigeminal branch followed at variable intervals and responding almost
We describe a patient with successive attacks (40 to 90 minutes) of cluster-like headache associated with aphasia, and contralateral hemihypesthesia and hemiplegia. The condition can best be described as cluster-like headache aura status.
OBJECTIVE
Scopolamine butylbromide (SB), a muscarinic receptor antagonist, is used commonly in gastric X-ray examination in the physical check-up in Japan. This study describes clinical features of SB-induced headache.
METHODS
SB-induced headache was defined as headache that started within 20
This paper reviews the diagnostic features of cluster headache-like disorder and describes its presentation in childhood. Case note summaries of patients with this condition are presented in the context of a brief summary of the literature. Four patients (two girls; aged 12 to 15 years) with cluster
We report the first case of cluster-like headache secondary to polycythaemia vera (PV) that responded to phlebotomy as part of PV treatment.
The effect of sumatriptan has not been previously described in the treatment of the headache of meningitis, although this headache has similarities to migraine. This study presents the clinical features of two patients who had fulminant bacterial meningitis with migraine-like headache and who
Among the primary headaches, cluster headache (CH) presents very particular features allowing a relatively easy diagnosis based on criteria listed in Chapter 3 of the International Classification of Headache Disorders (ICHD-II). However, as in all primary headaches, possible underlying causal
In a series of 39 intraventricular tumours, 7 patients had paroxysmal headache as the most important early complaint. The striking similarities with migraine and the misleading role of antimigraine drug therapy are illustrated. Special emphasis is placed on the importance of additional
BACKGROUND
Differential diagnosis of migraine-like headache with and without aura needs to proceed with neuroimaging evaluation in order to rule out any secondary conditions. We report a patient with a 2 year history of migraine like headache with a good response to ergotics and due to pituitary
We describe an original case of cluster-like headache CLH) revealing a parasagittal tumor invading the superior sagittal sinus (SSS). Resection of the tumor (hemangiopericytoma) allowed the re-permeabilization of the SSS and was followed by the complete disappearance of CLH. Several mechanisms
We describe a case with simultaneous occurrence of cluster headache-like pain and multiple sclerosis. Both neuroimaging and neurophysiology (trigeminal evoked potentials) revealed a demyelination plaque in the pons, at the trigeminal root entry zone, on the side of pain. Although that type of lesion