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Bath‐related thunderclap headache: Case report of a male patient
Author(s) -
Grangeon Lou,
Ozel Gulden,
GuéganMassardier Evelyne,
Lefaucheur Romain
Publication year - 2016
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.12900
Subject(s) - headaches , medicine , pediatrics , ethnic group , reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome , subarachnoid hemorrhage , anesthesia , surgery , sociology , anthropology
Bath‐related thunderclap headache (BRTH) is a rare entity, closed to reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome. It is only described in middle‐aged women and mainly Asiatic ethnic origins. Role of estrogen is consequently discussed. We report here a case of a 36‐year‐old man, admitted for five episodes of thunderclap headaches, triggered by hot shower. This is the first male case of BRTH, opposing only a hormonal hypothesis. Furthermore, this African patient consolidates the non‐exclusivity of this affection to Asian ethnic origins.