title: Propofol and alfentanil in treatment of a patient with episodic cluster headache.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Cluster headache is a severe hemifacial pain with concomitant symptoms such as lacrimation, conjunctival congestion, and nasal discharge. Peripheral (to be a spectrum of trigeminal autonomic cephalgia) and central (hypothalamus) disorders have been suggested to be involved. Several modalities have been recommended to prevent or alleviate this devastating headache.
  
  
  METHODS
  In this case report, we presented a young man with an acute cluster headache who responded dramatically to the treatment with propofol and alfentanil.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Propofol and alfentanil combination can be considered as a treatment approach in the attack phase of cluster headache.
authors.affiliation: Anesthesiology Research Center, Mofid Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Sajjad
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Razavi
authors.affiliation: Anesthesiology Research Center, Labbafinejad Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Babak
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gharaei
authors.affiliation: Anesthesiology Research Center, Labbafinejad Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Alireza
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jafari
authors.affiliation: Anesthesiology Research Center, Labbafinejad Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Homayoun
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Aghamohammadi
authors.affiliation: Anesthesiology Research Center, Imam Hossein Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Alireza
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mirkheshti
keywords: Alfentanyl; Cluster Headache; Propofol