title: Trigeminal autonomic headaches caused by a multinodular goiter--a case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Though thyroid growths are considered to be a frequent cause of Horner's syndrome, concurrent headache attacks are not commonly seen.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 63-year-old woman presented with severe, daily occurring, unilateral headache attacks with ipsilateral Horner's syndrome. Magnetic resonance imaging arteriography showed a multinodular goiter displacing the left common carotid artery.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This case exemplifies the combination of headache attacks and Horner's syndrome due to mechanical pressure of an enlarged thyroid, mimicking the symptoms both of carotid dissection as well as trigeminal autonomic cephalgias like paroxysmal hemicrania.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Haga Teaching Hospital, The Hague, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Roelof A J
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Smit
authors.forename: Frank E E
authors.initials: FE
authors.lastname: Treurniet
authors.forename: Hille
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Koppen
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006044:Goiter, Nodular / Q000150:complications*; D006732:Horner Syndrome / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D051303:Trigeminal Autonomic Cephalalgias / Q000209:etiology*
keywords: Horner's syndrome; carotid dissection; multinodular goiter; trigeminal autonomic cephalgia