Post-traumatic cluster headache: from the periphery to the central nervous system?
A correlation between head trauma and cluster headache is believed to exist. We report a case of post-traumatic episodic cluster headache that fulfills the criteria of the International Classification of Headache Disorders, 2nd edition. The distinctive features of this case are: a close temporal relation between head trauma and headache onset; pain ipsilateral to the side of trauma; mild severity of trauma; episodic course well-responsive to low doses of verapamil. Given the close temporal relation between the 2 events, multiple hypotheses can be advanced about a possible role of head trauma in the pathogenesis of cluster headache.
Lambru
Giorgio
G
The Headache Centre, Department of Neurology, University of Parma, c/o Ospedale Maggiore, via Gramsci 14, Parma 43100, Italy.
Castellini
Paola
P
Manzoni
Gian Camillo
GC
Torelli
Paola
P
D002490:Central Nervous System / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003027:Cluster Headache / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D017933:Peripheral Nervous System / Q000503:physiopathology*; D051298:Post-Traumatic Headache / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*