Cluster-like headache secondary to parasagittal hemangiopericytoma.
We describe an original case of cluster-like headache CLH) revealing a parasagittal tumor invading the superior sagittal sinus (SSS). Resection of the tumor (hemangiopericytoma) allowed the re-permeabilization of the SSS and was followed by the complete disappearance of CLH. Several mechanisms including obstruction of the SSS, hypervascularization with arterio-veinous shunt, and overflow in the cavernous sinus might explain the symptoms.
Service de Neurochirurgie, CHU de Nice, Nice, France.
Denys
D
Fontaine
Fabien
F
Almairac
Lydiane
L
Mondot
Michel
M
Lanteri-Minet
D000328:Adult; D003027:Cluster Headache / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006393:Hemangiopericytoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D054063:Superior Sagittal Sinus / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D019043:Vascular Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery