Seizure-related headache in patients with epilepsy.
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.
Karaali-Savrun
Feray
F
Istanbul University, Cerrahpasa School of Medicine, Department of Neurology, 34303 Cerrahpasa, Istanbul, Turkey. mertsav@istanbul.edu.tr
Göksan
Baki
B
Yeni
Seher Naz
SN
Ertan
Sibel
S
Uzun
Nurten
N
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