New onset migraine with aura following head injury: a case report.
A patient is described who developed recurrent headaches following a traumatic injury in the vicinity of the right greater occipital nerve (GON) that fulfill IHS criteria for migraine with aura. Both aura and headache can be triggered by pressure over the GON and relieved by local anesthetic blockade.
Husid
Marc S
MS
Walton Headache Center, Augusta, GA, USA.
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006257:Head / Q000294:innervation / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D020325:Migraine with Aura / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D011312:Pressure; D012008:Recurrence