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- Title
A case report: new-onset nummular headache after stenting of the middle cerebral artery.
- Authors
Liu, Yuanyuan; Chu, Xuehong; Dong, Xiao; Yu, Erlan; Jia, Xiaole; Wu, Chuanjie; Ji, Xunming
- Abstract
Background: Nummular headache (NH) is categorized as a primary headache in the International Classification of Headache Disorders, Third edition (ICHD-3) diagnostic criteria, but there are secondary etiologies as well. We present a case of secondary NH that associated with vascular lesion. Case presentation: We report on a 40-year-old man with a medical history of symptomatic intracranial arterial stenosis who developed a headache after percutaneous transluminal angioplasty and stenting because of Intracranial atherosclerotic stenosis(ICAS). This new-onset headache was a pinprick headache confined to the parietal part of the head and 5 cm in size. This headache most closely resembled the phenotype of a NH. And other causes of secondary headache were excluded. Thus, the diagnosis of NH was highly speculated. This patient represents a rare headache phenomenon after intracranial arterial stent placement. Conclusion: This is the first report of NH after stent placement treatment in a patient with ICAS.
- Subjects
PRIMARY headache disorders; CEREBRAL arteries; TRANSLUMINAL angioplasty; HEADACHE; ARTERIAL stenosis
- Publication
BMC Neurology, 2024, Vol 24, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1471-2377
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.1186/s12883-024-03552-z