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Cluster-like Headache Secondary to Cerebral Venous Thrombosis
Kyung-Il Park1, Kon Chu, Jong-Moo Park
1Department of Neurology, Seoul National University, College of Medicine, Clinical Research Institute, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
Abstract:
Cluster headache (CH) is considered a primary headache syndrome. However, symptomatic cases that resemble CH have also been reported. A patient with cerebral venous thrombosis presented with ipsilateral frontal pain accompanied by ophthalmoparesis, nasal congestion, and lacrimation. The patient's headache showed a dramatic response to oxygen. He experienced no further cluster-like headaches after treatment with an anticoagulant. This case suggests the possible role of venous stasis of the cavernous sinus in cluster-like headache.
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