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Cephalalgia Alopecia or Nummular Headache With Trophic Changes? A New Case With Prolonged Follow‐Up
Author(s) -
Irimia Pablo,
Palma JoseAlberto,
Idoate Miguel Angel,
España Agustin,
Riverol Mario,
MartinezVila Eduardo
Publication year - 2013
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 - 10.1111/head.12072
Subject(s) - cephalalgia , medicine , scalp , dermatology , hair loss , migraine , neurological disorder , anesthesia , surgery , central nervous system disease
Cephalalgia alopecia is a rare and recently described headache syndrome in which recurrent, burning head and neck pain is associated with hair loss from areas of scalp affected by the pain. We here report the case of a 33‐year‐old woman with continuous unilateral occipital pain and colocalized alopecia, only responsive to onabotulinumtoxin A injections. We hypothesize whether this clinical phenotype may correspond to either cephalalgia alopecia or nummular headache with trophic changes, conditions that might represent 2 manifestations of the same spectrum of disorders.