Long‐term Evolution of a Laughing Headache Associated With Chiari Type 1 Malformation

1 July 1998

journal article
case report
Published by Wiley in Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain

Vol. 38 (7) , 552-553
https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1526-4610.1998.3807552.x

Abstract

We describe an acute‐onset, sharp, short‐lasting (few seconds) headache at the vertex, that first occurred 10 years ago in a 44‐year‐old woman. Attacks were triggered by vigorous laughing. A magnetic resonance imaging study showed a Chiari type 1 malformation.To our knowledge, laugh‐induced headache with long‐term evolution in association with Chiari type 1 malformation has not been previously reported.

Keywords

LAUGHING HEADACHE
EXERTIONAL HEADACHE
CHIARI‐TYPE MALFORMATION