MRI angiography of a patient before and during alcohol-induced cluster headache.
A 25-year-old man, subject to bouts of left supraorbital cluster headache on an annual basis over the previous 8 years, volunteered for MRI angiography during an active period. Studies were conducted before and during a typical cluster headache attack induced by alcohol. MRI angiography failed to show dilatation of the ophthalmic artery on either the symptomatic side, or the non-symptomatic side during headache, nor was there observed any dilatation of the anterior cerebral arteries on either side.
Somerville
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Neurological Centre, Westmead NSW, Australia.
D000328:Adult; D003027:Cluster Headache / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000431:Ethanol / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D008297:Male; D009880:Ophthalmic Artery / Q000473:pathology
D000431:Ethanol