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Migraine Due to Hydrocephalus
Author(s) -
Donaldson I. MacG.
Publication year - 1984
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.1526-4610.1984.hed2405272.x
Subject(s) - hydrocephalus , colloid cyst , migraine , third ventricle , medicine , intracranial pressure , posterior fossa , cerebral ventricle , radiology
SYNOPSIS Two patients are presented who developed classical migraine in association with raised intracranial pressure due to a colloid cyst of the third ventricle and a presumed brain stem tumor. Although intraventricular tumours have been claimed to occasionally produce migrainous attacks, brain stem and posterior fossa masses have not been regarded as having this potential. Obstructive hydrocephalus was probably the common mechanism and this should be recognized as a rare cause of migraine.