title: Benign cough "cluster" headache.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, S. Bortolo Hospital, Vicenza, Italy.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Perini
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Toso
mesh_terms: 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