title: Cupping (Hijama) Treatment: Benign or Sinister?
abstract: Cupping treatment is on the rise in the Western world as an alternative medicine modality.We present a hitherto unreported complication of bilateral subdural hemorrhage associated with this therapy, highlighting the need for vigilance in patients presenting with headache because they may get misdiagnosed unless history for such therapies is explored.
authors.affiliation: From the Rheumatology Department, Luton & Dunstable University Hospital National Health Service Foundation Trust, Luton, UK.
authors.forename: Muhammad K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Nisar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology*; D006408:Hematoma, Subdural / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional / Q000009:adverse effects*