title: Symptomatic chronic paroxysmal hemicrania.
abstract: A patient with chronic paroxysmal hemicrania (CPH) associated with a gangliocytoma growing from within the sella turcica is reported. This tumor displaced the floor of the third ventricle and surrounded the internal carotid artery on the same side as the headache. Partial removal of the tumor followed by radiation resulted in amelioration of headache. The anatomical location of the tumor and its possible relationship to the pathogenesis of CPH is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Sacramento Headache and Neurology Clinic, CA 95816.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Vijayan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D003027:Cluster Headache / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D005729:Ganglioneuroma / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008881:Migraine Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D012658:Sella Turcica / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery