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Dramatic Headache Relief After Sumatriptan in a Patient With a Pituitary Macroadenoma
Author(s) -
Shah AK.,
Freij W.
Publication year - 1999
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.1526-4610.1999.3906443.x
Subject(s) - sumatriptan , photophobia , medicine , pituitary adenoma , anesthesia , cavernous sinus , migraine , surgery , adenoma , receptor , agonist
We are reporting an interesting case of pituitary macroadenoma. The patient presented with sudden, bifrontal, pulsating headache; photophobia; and an abducens nerve palsy, due to extension of the tumor into the cavernous sinus region. The headache resolved completely after a subcutaneous injection of sumatriptan.