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Post‐Traumatic Cluster Headache: From the Periphery to the Central Nervous System?
Author(s) -
Lambru Giorgio,
Castellini Paola,
Manzoni Gian Camillo,
Torelli Paola
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.1526-4610.2009.01456.x
Subject(s) - cluster headache , head trauma , verapamil , medicine , cluster (spacecraft) , pediatrics , anesthesia , migraine , surgery , computer science , programming language , calcium
A correlation between head trauma and cluster headache is believed to exist. We report a case of post‐traumatic episodic cluster headache that fulfills the criteria of the International Classification of Headache Disorders, 2nd edition. The distinctive features of this case are: a close temporal relation between head trauma and headache onset; pain ipsilateral to the side of trauma; mild severity of trauma; episodic course well‐responsive to low doses of verapamil. Given the close temporal relation between the 2 events, multiple hypotheses can be advanced about a possible role of head trauma in the pathogenesis of cluster headache.