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Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformation and Cluster‐like Headache
Author(s) -
Hindfelt Bengt,
Olivecrona Hans
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.hed3108514.x
Subject(s) - cluster headache , arteriovenous malformation , medicine , migraine , cluster (spacecraft) , vascular malformation , ergotamine , surgery , anesthesia , computer science , programming language
SYNOPSIS Cluster headache is considered a clinically distinct entity with no underlying gross pathology. However, in ram cases this kind of headache may be mimicked by an arteriovenous malformation. A 49‐year‐old male is described who had severe bouts of unilateral headache resembling those of cluster headache. The usual accompanying autonomic manifestations were minor and the headache attacks were prolonged. Treatment with ergotamine tartrate and pizotifen failed. A large ipsilateral arteriovenous malformation was diagnosed. Prospectively, true clustering of the headache attacks could not be documented.