Chronic Paroxysmal Headache: Two Cases With Cerebrovascular Disease
- 1 February 1992
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain
- Vol. 32 (2) , 75-76
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1526-4610.1992.hed3202075.x
Abstract
SYNOPSISParoxysmal headaches often occur in benign headache disorders such as episodic cluster headache, chronic paroxysmal hemicrania (CPH) and episodic paroxysmal hemicrania. We report 2 patients with paroxysmal headaches occurring in association with cerebrovascular disease. The first patient had paroxysmal headaches from an arteriovenous malformation which resolved following embolization. In the second patient, headache followed a cerebral infarction and responded to treatment with indomethacin. We suggest that vascular disease may cause paroxysmal headaches resembling CPH. Patients with an atypical presentation of CPH warrant a neuroimaging procedure.Keywords
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