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Headache Caused by a Spinal Cord Stimulator in the Upper Cervical Spine
Author(s) -
Ward Thomas N.,
Levin Morris
Publication year - 2000
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.1526-4610.2000.040008689.x
Subject(s) - headaches , medicine , spinal cord , cervical spine , spinal trigeminal nucleus , anesthesia , surgery , nociception , receptor , psychiatry
We report persistent headaches developing in a patient subsequent to the placement of a spinal cord stimulator in the upper cervical spine. These persistent headaches responded to dihydroergotamine and sumatriptan. Headaches ceased upon repositioning of the stimulator lower in the cervical spine. We postulate an effect of the device on the trigeminovascular system via the nucleus caudalis trigeminalis and/or spinal trigeminal tract.