title: Seizure-related headache in patients with epilepsy.
abstract: We investigated the type and frequency of interictal primary headache and peri-ictal headache in 109 patients with partial-onset and 26 patients with generalized onset seizures in this study. Interictal headaches were present in 50 (40.7%) of 135 patients. Comparing the interictal headache on the basis of seizure type, we couldn't find any significant difference between the seizure groups. Seventy-nine (58.51%) patients had peri-ictal headache. Eleven of these patients had pre-ictal headache (PriH), three of all had ictal headache and, 56 of these had post-ictal headache (PoiH). PriH and PoiH were more frequently encountered before and after secondary generalized tonic-clonic seizures (GTCS) compared to other seizure groups. The type of pain in PoiH was 'throbbing' in complex partial seizures and 'steady' in GTCS.
authors.affiliation: Istanbul University, Cerrahpasa School of Medicine, Department of Neurology, 34303 Cerrahpasa, Istanbul, Turkey. mertsav@istanbul.edu.tr
authors.forename: Feray
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Karaali-Savrun
authors.forename: Baki
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Göksan
authors.forename: Seher Naz
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Yeni
authors.forename: Sibel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ertan
authors.forename: Nurten
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Uzun
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D004828:Epilepsies, Partial / Q000175:diagnosis*; D017029:Epilepsy, Complex Partial / Q000175:diagnosis; D004829:Epilepsy, Generalized / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004830:Epilepsy, Tonic-Clonic / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male