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MR‐Angiography During Spontaneous Attacks of Cluster Headache: A Case Report
Author(s) -
Waldenlind Elisabet,
Ekbom Karl,
Torhall Jorgen
Publication year - 1993
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.1526-4610.1993.hed3306291.x
Subject(s) - medicine , angiography , cluster headache , magnetic resonance angiography , magnetic resonance imaging , radiology , conventional angiography , cerebral angiography , carotid arteries , cluster (spacecraft) , internal carotid artery , cardiology , migraine , computer science , programming language
SYNOPSIS Magnetic resonance (MR) angiography was performed during and between two spontaneous and untreatedattacks in a 24‐year old male patient with episodic cluster headache. The ipsilateral ophthalmic artery wasobserved to be markedly dilated during both attacks. No changes were seen in the internal carotid artery or any ofthe main arterial branches on either side. A repeat MR‐angiography two weeks later when the patient was inclinical remission showed no abnormalities. Our present case report suggests that the MR technique provides auseful method for non‐invasive angiography during spontaneous attacks of cluster headache.