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Cervical cord and dorsal medullary infarction presenting with retro-orbital pain
V de la Sayette1, F Leproux, P Letellier
1Services de Neurologie, CHU Côte de Nacre, Caen, France.
Neurology
|August 17, 1999
Abstract:
A 36-year-old woman experienced an excruciating right retro-orbital paroxysmal headache after a stroke of the anterior two-thirds of the right hemicord at the C1 level (anterior spinal artery territory) and the dorsal medulla (posterior spinal artery territory). A right vertebral artery dissection was demonstrated. This unusual infarct mimicked a cluster headache attack or paroxysmal hemicrania.