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Stroke and Orgasmic Cephalgia
Author(s) -
Levy Richard L.
Publication year - 1981
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/j.1526-4610.1981.hed2101012.x
Subject(s) - migraine , stroke (engine) , medicine , psychology , psychiatry , mechanical engineering , engineering
SYNOPSIS A 24‐year‐old man suffered a stroke in association with orgasmic cephalgia, without evidence of intracranial hemorrhagic disease. It is postulated that this is an example of complicated migraine coincident with sexual climax and that benign orgasmic cephalgia is a migraine variant.