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Headache Attacks (headache + attack)
Selected AbstractsSUNCT Responsive to Percutaneous Balloon Compression of the Gasserian Ganglion , 10-Year Follow-UpHEADACHE, Issue 1 2010Marcos Baabor MD (Headache 2010;50:143-145) We report the case of a woman with short-lasting unilateral, neuralgiform headache attacks with conjunctival injection and tearing (SUNCT) whose severe headache attacks ceased after percutaneous balloon compression of the Gasserian ganglion. The patient remains pain free after 10-year follow-up. This may be the first literature report of SUNCT in Chile. [source] Paroxysmal Hemicrania With Visual Aura in a 17-Year-Old BoyHEADACHE, Issue 4 2009Stefan Seidel MD We report the case of a 17-year-old boy presenting with a history of recurrent episodes of isolated visual aura later followed infrequently by indomethacin-responsive headache attacks resembling paroxysmal hemicrania. [source] Cluster Headache and Internal Carotid Artery Dissection: Two Cases and Review of the LiteratureHEADACHE, Issue 3 2008Andrea Rigamonti MD We describe 2 patients with cluster headache attacks associated with a dissection of the ipsilateral internal carotid artery at the extra,intracranial passage. These cases highlight the need for extensive neuroradiological investigation in cluster headache patients when atypical features are present. We also performed a PubMed search to review the current literature data about this association. [source] Trigeminal Autonomic Cephalalgias: Current and Future TreatmentsHEADACHE, Issue 6 2007The trigeminal autonomic cephalgias include cluster headache, paroxysmal hemicrania, and short-lasting unilateral neuralgiform headache attacks with conjunctival injection and tearing (SUNCT). The evidence for the current treatment options for each of these syndromes is considered, including oxygen, sumatriptan, and verapamil in cluster headache, indomethacin in paroxysmal hemicrania, and intravenous lidocaine and lamotrigine in SUNCT. Some treatments such as topiramate have an effect in all of these, as well as in migraine and other pain syndromes. The involvement of the hypothalamus in functional imaging studies implies that this may be a substrate for targeting treatment options in the future. [source] Understanding the Patient With Migraine: The Evolution From Episodic Headache to Chronic Neurologic Disease.HEADACHE, Issue 5 2004A Proposed Classification of Patients With Headache Traditionally, episodic primary headache disorders are characterized by a return of preheadache (normal) neurologic function between episodes of headache. In contrast, patients with chronic headache often do not return to normal neurologic function between headache attacks. This article proposes that the evolution from episodic migraine to chronic headache may parallel the neurologic disruption observed during the progression of an acute migraine attack and that changes in baseline neurologic function between episodes of headache may be a more sensitive indicator of headache transformation than headache frequency alone. Early recognition of nonheadache changes in nervous system function may offer a more sensitive and specific approach to migraine prevention. [source] SUNCT Syndrome in Association With Persistent Horner Syndrome in a Chinese PatientHEADACHE, Issue 3 2004K. M. Prakash MD This is the first case report of a chinese patient with SUNCT (shortlasting, unilateral, neuralgiform headache attacks with conjunctival injection and tearing) presenting with persistent Horner's syndrome. She had episodic, brief, right periorbital pain in association with ipsilateral eye injection, lacrimation and rhinorrhea as well as persistent ipsilateral miosis and ptosis. She had partial response to a combination of indomethacin and carbamazepine therapy. [source] SUNCT Syndrome Responsive to LamotrigineHEADACHE, Issue 8 2002Jose M. Gutierrez-Garcia MD Background.,Short-lasting, unilateral, neuralgiform headache attacks with conjunctival injection, tearing, rhinorrhea (SUNCT syndrome) is a headache form generally refractory to drug therapy. Occasional patients with SUNCT have been reported with a successful response to lamotrigine. Objective.,To report two patients with SUNCT treated with lamotrigine. Methods.,Clinical history, neurologic examination, and brain magnetic resonance imaging. Results.,Both patients with SUNCT syndrome were successfully treated with lamotrigine. In both cases, when lamotrigine was tapered off, the attacks reappeared, only to disappear when the dose was again increased. In addition, lamotrigine was well tolerated and no undesired side-effects were reported. Conclusion.,If the positive effect of lamotrigine in patients with SUNCT is confirmed in other cases, lamotrigine could become the first specific treatment for SUNCT syndrome. [source] Referred Pain Elicited by Manual Exploration of the Lateral Rectus Muscle in Chronic Tension-Type HeadachePAIN MEDICINE, Issue 1 2009César Fernández-de-las-Peñas PT ABSTRACT Objective., To analyze the presence of referred pain elicited by manual examination of the lateral rectus muscle in patients with chronic tension-type headache (CTTH). Design., A case-control blinded study. Setting., It has been found previously that the manual examination of the superior oblique muscle can elicit referred pain to the head in some patients with migraine or tension-type headache. However, a referred pain from other extraocular muscles has not been investigated. Methods., Fifteen patients with CTTH and 15 healthy subjects without headache history were included. A blinded assessor performed a manual examination focused on the search for myofascial trigger points (TrPs) in the right and left lateral rectus muscles. TrP diagnosis was made when there was referred pain evoked by maintained pressure on the lateral corner of the orbit (anatomical projection of the lateral rectus muscle) for 20 seconds, and increased referred pain while the subject maintained a medial gaze on the corresponding side (active stretching of the muscle) for 15 seconds. On each side, a 10-point numerical pain rate scale was used to assess the intensity of referred pain at both stages of the examination. Results., Ten patients with CTTH (66.6%) had referred pain that satisfied TrPs diagnostic criteria, while only one healthy control (0.07%) reported referred pain upon the examination of the lateral rectus muscles (P < 0.001). The elicited referred pain was perceived as a deep ache located at the supraorbital region or the homolateral forehead. Pain was evoked on both sides in all subjects with TrPs, with no difference in pain intensity between the right and the left. The average pain intensity was significantly greater in the patient group (P < 0.001). All CTTH patients with referred pain recognized it as the frontal pain that they usually experienced during their headache attacks, which was consistent with active TrPs. Conclusion., In some patients with CTTH, the manual examination of lateral rectus muscle TrPs elicits a referred pain that extends to the supraorbital region or the homolateral forehead. Nociceptive inputs from the extraocular muscles may sustain the activation of trigeminal neuron, thus sensitizing central pain pathways and exacerbating headache. [source] | ||||||||||