Cluster Headache Associated with Secondary Unilateral Blepharospasm: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

PURPOSE: Cluster headache is one of the most serious types of headache that is accompanied by autonomic parasympathetic symptoms. Its association with hemifacial spasm in the same side had been rarely reported. The aim of this report is describing a case with this association and treatment strategie...

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Autores principales: Bagheri, Abbas, Mohammadi, Minoo, Harooni, Ghader, Khosravifard, Keyvan, Feizi, Mohadeseh, Yazdani, Shahin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5423379/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28540017
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jovr.jovr_158_15
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author Bagheri, Abbas
Mohammadi, Minoo
Harooni, Ghader
Khosravifard, Keyvan
Feizi, Mohadeseh
Yazdani, Shahin
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description PURPOSE: Cluster headache is one of the most serious types of headache that is accompanied by autonomic parasympathetic symptoms. Its association with hemifacial spasm in the same side had been rarely reported. The aim of this report is describing a case with this association and treatment strategies. CASE REPORT: Here we report a 37-year-old female with cluster headache associated with secondary unilateral blepharospasm that was successfully treated with combination therapy including botulinum toxin injection. CONCLUSION: Hemifacial spasm associated with cluster headache needs special attention and can be treated successfully.
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spelling pubmed-54233792017-05-24 Cluster Headache Associated with Secondary Unilateral Blepharospasm: A Case Report and Review of the Literature Bagheri, Abbas Mohammadi, Minoo Harooni, Ghader Khosravifard, Keyvan Feizi, Mohadeseh Yazdani, Shahin J Ophthalmic Vis Res Case Report PURPOSE: Cluster headache is one of the most serious types of headache that is accompanied by autonomic parasympathetic symptoms. Its association with hemifacial spasm in the same side had been rarely reported. The aim of this report is describing a case with this association and treatment strategies. CASE REPORT: Here we report a 37-year-old female with cluster headache associated with secondary unilateral blepharospasm that was successfully treated with combination therapy including botulinum toxin injection. CONCLUSION: Hemifacial spasm associated with cluster headache needs special attention and can be treated successfully. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017 /pmc/articles/PMC5423379/ /pubmed/28540017 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jovr.jovr_158_15 Text en Copyright: © 2017 Journal of Ophthalmic and Vision Research http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Khosravifard, Keyvan
Feizi, Mohadeseh
Yazdani, Shahin
Cluster Headache Associated with Secondary Unilateral Blepharospasm: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
title Cluster Headache Associated with Secondary Unilateral Blepharospasm: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
title_full Cluster Headache Associated with Secondary Unilateral Blepharospasm: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
title_fullStr Cluster Headache Associated with Secondary Unilateral Blepharospasm: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
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title_short Cluster Headache Associated with Secondary Unilateral Blepharospasm: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
title_sort cluster headache associated with secondary unilateral blepharospasm: a case report and review of the literature
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5423379/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28540017
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jovr.jovr_158_15
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