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Chronic Cluster Headache Associated With a Vertebral Artery Aneurysm
Author(s) -
West Paul,
Todman Don
Publication year - 1991
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.1526-4610.1991.hed3104210.x
Subject(s) - cluster headache , medicine , aneurysm , vertebral artery , posterior inferior cerebellar artery , cluster (spacecraft) , surgery , anesthesia , migraine , computer science , programming language
SYNOPSIS This is a report of a patient with chronic cluster headache‐like pain of 12 years duration. Investigation revealed an aneurysm at the junction of the vertebral and posterior inferior cerebellar arteries and after removal the patient experienced resolution of his cluster headache. The headache and aneurysm were both right sided suggesting a possible relationship.