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Published in: BMC Neurology 1/2005

Open Access 01-12-2005 | Research article

Enucleation and development of cluster headache: a retrospective study

Authors: Peter Sörös, Oanh Vo, Heinrich Gerding, Ingo W Husstedt, Stefan Evers

Published in: BMC Neurology | Issue 1/2005

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Abstract

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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Metadata
Title
Enucleation and development of cluster headache: a retrospective study
Authors
Peter Sörös
Oanh Vo
Heinrich Gerding
Ingo W Husstedt
Stefan Evers
Publication date
01-12-2005
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
BMC Neurology / Issue 1/2005
Electronic ISSN: 1471-2377
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2377-5-6

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