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Hemicrania Continua‐Like Headache due to Nonmetastatic Lung Cancer—A Vagal Cephalalgia
Author(s) -
Evans Randolph W.
Publication year - 2007
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.1526-4610.2007.00936.x
Subject(s) - cephalalgia , medicine , lung cancer , anesthesia , migraine
A 72‐year‐old man presented with a 7‐week history of a new onset constant severe right‐sided headache associated with redness and tearing of the right eye, which resolved on indomethacin due to nonmetastatic small cell carcinoma producing a large suprahilar mass. This is the first case report of a hemicrania continua‐like headache with autonomic features due to lung cancer. I propose the term “vagal cephalalgia” to include headache and/or facial pain due to nonmetastatic lung cancer and cardiac cephalalgia which result from vagal afferent stimulation.