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Intravenous Lidocaine Infusion for the Treatment of Post‐Acoustic Neuroma Resection Headache: A Case Report
Author(s) -
Schere Daniel,
Silberstein Stephen D.
Publication year - 2009
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.1526-4610.2008.01145.x
Subject(s) - mexiletine , acoustic neuroma , lidocaine , medicine , anesthesia , presentation (obstetrics) , neuroma , resection , case presentation , surgery
Presentation of a case report of a 47‐year‐old male with a post‐acoustic neuroma resection intractable headache responding to intravenous lidocaine infusion. The patient was then switched to mexiletine, with good response.