Cluster headache associated with parainfluenza virus, preceded and succeeded by migraine.
A serologically proven case of parainfluenza viral infection was associated with the onset and disappearance of cluster headache. The patient had long-standing migraine that ceased during the cluster headache period and recurred when the latter stopped. Possibly, the virus was neurally transmitted to the trigeminal-autonomic system, creating an inflammatory response that transiently precipitated cluster headache and obliterated migraine.
Blanchard
B M
BM
Hartford Hospital, Hartford, Conn., USA.
D000368:Aged; D003027:Cluster Headache / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008881:Migraine Disorders / Q000821:virology*; D010224:Parainfluenza Virus 3, Human / Q000276:immunology; D012008:Recurrence; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D010253:Respirovirus Infections / Q000150:complications*