Post‐Traumatic Cluster Headache: From the Periphery to the Central Nervous System? |
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| Authors: | Giorgio Lambru,MD, Paola Castellini,MD, Gian Camillo Manzoni,MD, Paola Torelli,MD |
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| Affiliation: | From the Headache Centre, Department of Neurology, University of Parma, c/o Ospedale Maggiore, Parma, Italy. |
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| Abstract: | A correlation between head trauma and cluster headache is believed to exist. We report a case of post-traumatic episodic cluster headache that fulfills the criteria of the International Classification of Headache Disorders, 2nd edition. The distinctive features of this case are: a close temporal relation between head trauma and headache onset; pain ipsilateral to the side of trauma; mild severity of trauma; episodic course well-responsive to low doses of verapamil. Given the close temporal relation between the 2 events, multiple hypotheses can be advanced about a possible role of head trauma in the pathogenesis of cluster headache. |
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| Keywords: | cluster headache mild head trauma post-traumatic cluster headache |
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