Primary trigeminal autonomic headaches treated with pericranial nerve block: report of two cases

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Trigeminal Autonomic Cephalalgias, Paroxysmal Hemicrania, Cluster Headache

Abstract

Trigeminal autonomic headaches (TAC) are a group of primary headaches with special clinical characteristics, among which are cluster headache, paroxysmal hemicrania, short-term unilateral neuralgiform headache, continuous hemicrania, and probable trigeminal-autonomic headache. They manifest autonomic phenomena such as lacrimation, nasal congestion, rhinorrhea, facial sweating, eyelid edema of a unilateral characteristic. We present 2 cases of CTA, one of a patient who met the diagnostic criteria for cluster headache (CR) and the other for paroxysmal hemicrania (CHP), both patients had years with their disease and did not respond to first-line pharmacological treatments. Therefore, the alternative of pericranial nerve block was chosen.

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2022-08-15

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Apaza-Pillco, R., Canaviri-Murillo, Y., Cánepa Ordoñez, S., Calderon-Arce, D., Cáceres-Olazo, D., Arce-Sandoval, J., Borja-Navarro, A., Barrios-Chavez, O., & Cornejo-Herrera, I. F. (2022). Primary trigeminal autonomic headaches treated with pericranial nerve block: report of two cases. ET VITA, 15(1). Retrieved from http://161.132.207.136/ojs/index.php/etvita/article/view/654

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