Benign cough "cluster" headache.
Benign cough headache presents as a sudden bilateral, short-lasting pain precipitated by coughing. The diagnosis requires noninvasive brain-imaging so that secondary causes can be ruled out. We describe a man, 57 years of age, complaining of an atypical form of benign cough headache which shares some features with episodic cluster headache. To our knowledge, this is the first description of a link between these two types of idiopathic headache.
Perini
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Department of Neurology, S. Bortolo Hospital, Vicenza, Italy.
Toso
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V
D003027:Cluster Headache / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000378:metabolism; D003371:Cough / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000378:metabolism; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010507:Periodicity