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01-06-2008 | Brief Report
Cluster-like headache and idiopathic intracranial hypertension: a case report
Authors:
Lucia Testa, Daniela Mittino, Emanuela Terazzi, Marco Mula, Francesco Monaco
Published in:
The Journal of Headache and Pain
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Issue 3/2008
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Abstract
Cluster headache (CH) is a well-defined primary headache syndrome, but cases of symptomatic headache with clinical features of CH have been previously reported. Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension (IIH) is a secondary headache disorder characterized by headache and visual symptoms, without clinical, radiological or laboratory evidence of intracranial pathology. Both papilloedema and IIH-related headache are typically bilateral, however asymmetrical or even unilateral localizations are described in literature. We report the case of a previously headache-free woman who presented cluster-like headache and asymmetrical papilloedema related to IIH. In our opinion the asymmetrical presentation supports, in this case, the hypothesis of cavernous sinus involvement in the IIH-related cluster-like headache pathogenesis.