title: Dorsolateral medullary ischemic infarction causing autonomic dysfunction and headache: a case report.
abstract: Stroke can present, among other signs, with headache. Here, we describe the case of a man suffering from severe orbitary pain and autonomic dysfunction secondary to dorsolateral medullary ischemia. The anatomical relationship between lesion and symptomatology could be an indirect sign of hypothalamospinal tract involvement in the genesis of autonomic dysfunction and headache resembling a trigeminal autonomic cephalalgia.
authors.affiliation: Neurologia Clinica, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Via Alvaro del Portillo 200, Rome, Italy. r.altavilla@unicampus.it
authors.forename: Riccardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Altavilla
authors.forename: Doriana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Landi
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Altamura
authors.forename: Gennaro
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bussone
authors.forename: Paola
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Maggio
authors.forename: Marzia
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Corbetto
authors.forename: Federica
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Scrascia
authors.forename: Fabrizio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Vernieri
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001342:Autonomic Nervous System Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D020520:Brain Infarction / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006261:Headache / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008526:Medulla Oblongata / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal