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Primary trochlear headache and other trochlear painful disorders.

Juan A Pareja1, Margarita Sánchez del Río

  • 1Department of Neurology, Fundación Hospital Alcorcón, Madrid, Spain. japareja@fhalcorcon.es

Current Pain and Headache Reports
|July 13, 2006
PubMed
Summary

Trochlear pain, or trochleodynia, can cause primary headaches and worsen migraines. Treating trochlear inflammation may improve migraine symptoms by reducing trigeminal nerve stimulation.

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Area of Science:

  • Neurology
  • Pain Medicine
  • Ophthalmology

Background:

  • The trochlear region is implicated in primary headache disorders and can modulate existing conditions like migraine.
  • Sensory innervation via the ophthalmic division of the trigeminal nerve may explain the trochlear region's influence on migraine headache.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose the term "trochlear migraine" for the co-occurrence of unilateral migraine and ipsilateral trochleodynia.
  • To investigate the potential mechanism linking trochlear pain to migraine exacerbation.

Main Methods:

  • Clinical observation and hypothesis formulation based on neuroanatomy and pain pathways.
  • Definition of "trochlear migraine" based on clinical presentation and treatment response.

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Main Results:

  • Trochlear migraine is defined as strictly unilateral migraine coexisting with ipsilateral trochleodynia.
  • Improvement in migraine symptoms is observed to be dependent on the resolution of trochleodynia.
  • Trochleitis, an inflammatory form of trochleodynia, is often idiopathic but can be secondary to autoimmune disorders.

Conclusions:

  • Nociceptive afferents from the inner orbit may activate trigeminal neurons, sensitizing or exacerbating migraine.
  • Targeting and reducing nociceptive stimulation from the trochlear region may be a strategy for headache control.
  • The proposed concept of trochlear migraine offers a new perspective on headache management.