Cervical cord and dorsal medullary infarction presenting with retro-orbital pain.
A 36-year-old woman experienced an excruciating right retro-orbital paroxysmal headache after a stroke of the anterior two-thirds of the right hemicord at the C1 level (anterior spinal artery territory) and the dorsal medulla (posterior spinal artery territory). A right vertebral artery dissection was demonstrated. This unusual infarct mimicked a cluster headache attack or paroxysmal hemicrania.
de la Sayette
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Services de Neurologie, CHU Côte de Nacre, Caen, France.
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Letellier
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D000328:Adult; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000473:pathology*; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010146:Pain / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000473:pathology*; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000473:pathology*