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Nitroglycerin-induced migraine type headache: bilaterally visible temporal arteries

A 37-year-old man presented to the emergency department suffering from headache, nausea and vomiting, which had started 1 h previously. He had been diagnosed with coronary artery disease and had been taking isosorbid-5-mononitrate, aspirin and metoprolol for 3 days. His vital signs and physical and...

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Autores principales: Bektas, Firat, Soyuncu, Secgin
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer-Verlag 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3047880/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21373325
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12245-010-0248-y
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description A 37-year-old man presented to the emergency department suffering from headache, nausea and vomiting, which had started 1 h previously. He had been diagnosed with coronary artery disease and had been taking isosorbid-5-mononitrate, aspirin and metoprolol for 3 days. His vital signs and physical and detailed neurological examinations were normal except for a new onset of bilaterally visible, palpable and pulsatile temporal arteries. We discuss how nitrates can increase the cerebral and also temporal blood flow, which can rarely be seen with the naked eye, as was observed in this patient.
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spelling pubmed-30478802011-03-03 Nitroglycerin-induced migraine type headache: bilaterally visible temporal arteries Bektas, Firat Soyuncu, Secgin Int J Emerg Med Case Report A 37-year-old man presented to the emergency department suffering from headache, nausea and vomiting, which had started 1 h previously. He had been diagnosed with coronary artery disease and had been taking isosorbid-5-mononitrate, aspirin and metoprolol for 3 days. His vital signs and physical and detailed neurological examinations were normal except for a new onset of bilaterally visible, palpable and pulsatile temporal arteries. We discuss how nitrates can increase the cerebral and also temporal blood flow, which can rarely be seen with the naked eye, as was observed in this patient. Springer-Verlag 2010-11-04 /pmc/articles/PMC3047880/ /pubmed/21373325 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12245-010-0248-y Text en © The Author(s) 2010 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited.
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Nitroglycerin-induced migraine type headache: bilaterally visible temporal arteries
title Nitroglycerin-induced migraine type headache: bilaterally visible temporal arteries
title_full Nitroglycerin-induced migraine type headache: bilaterally visible temporal arteries
title_fullStr Nitroglycerin-induced migraine type headache: bilaterally visible temporal arteries
title_full_unstemmed Nitroglycerin-induced migraine type headache: bilaterally visible temporal arteries
title_short Nitroglycerin-induced migraine type headache: bilaterally visible temporal arteries
title_sort nitroglycerin-induced migraine type headache: bilaterally visible temporal arteries
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3047880/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21373325
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