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Headache in Patients With Neurofibromatosis Type 1
Author(s) -
Clementi M.,
Battistella P.A.,
Rizzi L.,
Boni S.,
Tenconi R.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
headache: the journal of head and face pain
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.14
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1526-4610
pISSN - 0017-8748
DOI - 10.1046/j.1526-4610.1996.3601010.x
Subject(s) - neurofibromatosis , medicine , migraine , hydrocephalus , population , pediatrics , surgery , anesthesia , radiology , environmental health
A study of headache in a homogeneously ascertained population of 181 subjects suffering from neurofibromatosis type I is described. All subjects underwent a diagnostic protocol including imaging studies (for subjects over 5 years old up until 1992). Headache data were collected by means of a questionnaire. Headache was present in 55 of 181 subjects (25 males). Overall headache frequency was 30%, which is not significantly different from the frequency of headache reported in the general population. Headache was primary in 52 cases (5 migraine and 47 tension‐type) and secondary to obstructive hydrocephalus with brain tumor‐induced intracranial hypertension in 3 with a tension‐type pattern. It was concluded that headache is not a specific feature of neurofibromatosis ype 1, it is not significantly related to central nervous system abnormalities, and in itself, it is not an indication for neuroradiological examination.