Enucleation and development of cluster headache: a retrospective study

BACKGROUND: Cluster headache (CH) is a neurovascular, primary headache disorder. There are, however, several case reports about patients whose CH started shortly after a structural brain disease or trauma. Motivated by a patient who developed CH 3 weeks after the removal of an eye and by similar cas...

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Autores principales: Sörös, Peter, Vo, Oanh, Gerding, Heinrich, Husstedt, Ingo W, Evers, Stefan
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2005
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1079865/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15784136
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2377-5-6
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: Cluster headache (CH) is a neurovascular, primary headache disorder. There are, however, several case reports about patients whose CH started shortly after a structural brain disease or trauma. Motivated by a patient who developed CH 3 weeks after the removal of an eye and by similar case reports, we tested the hypothesis that the removal of an eye is a risk factor for CH. METHODS: A detailed headache questionnaire was filled out by 112 patients on average 8 years after enucleation or evisceration of an eye. RESULTS: While 21 % of these patients experienced previously unknown headaches after the removal of an eye, no patient fulfilled the diagnostic criteria for CH. CONCLUSION: Our data does not suggest that the removal of an eye is a major risk factor for the development of CH.

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