Unilateral headache associated with a pontine infarction.
Brain stem structures are implicated in the generation of migraine and other types of headache. The patient described herein had chronic left hemicranial headaches associated with a left pontine infarction.
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Departments of Ophthalmology and Neurology, University of Rochester, New York, USA. deborah_friedman@urmc.rochester.edu
D020526:Brain Stem Infarctions / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications; D033162:Incidental Findings; D008875:Middle Aged; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D011149:Pons / Q000473:pathology*; D015175:Prolactinoma / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery