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ANGIOGRAPHICALLY DEMONSTRATED ARTERIAL SPASM IN A CASE OF BENIGN SEXUAL HEADACHE AND BENIGN EXERTIONAL HEADACHE
Author(s) -
SILBERT P. L.,
HANKEY G. J.,
PRENTICE D. A.,
APSIMON H. T.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-5994
pISSN - 0004-8291
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1989.tb00308.x
Subject(s) - medicine , exertional dyspnea , vascular headache , anesthesia , migraine , cardiology
Abstract Benign headaches related to sexual activity and exertion are being recognised with increasing frequency. We wish to report a case of benign sexual headache (Type 2) and benign exertional headache, occurring sequentially in the same patient. Multiple areas of cerebral arterial spasm were demonstrable on angiography. This observation would support the concept that benign sexual headache (Type 2) and benign exertional headache may have a similar pathophysiology.