title: Cervical cord and dorsal medullary infarction presenting with retro-orbital pain.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Services de Neurologie, CHU Côte de Nacre, Caen, France.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: de la Sayette
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Leproux
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Letellier
mesh_terms: 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*