Cluster headache following head injury: a case report and review of the literature.
A relation between head trauma and cluster headache is frequently described in the literature. The percentage of cluster patients with a history of head injury is approximately 16.5 when several large studies are reviewed. The present paper reports another case where there is close proximity between head injury and the onset of cluster headache. A review of the literature attempts to document the supposition that there is indeed a causal or precipitous role for head injury in cluster cephalgia pathogenesis.
Turkewitz
L J
LJ
Midwest Center for Head-Pain Management, Troy, Ohio 45373.
Wirth
O
O
Dawson
G A
GA
Casaly
J S
JS
D000328:Adult; D003027:Cluster Headache / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014635:Valproic Acid / Q000627:therapeutic use
D014635:Valproic Acid