Abstract
A 72-year-old man presented with a 7-week history of a new onset constant severe right-sided headache associated with redness and tearing of the right eye, which resolved on indomethacin due to nonmetastatic small cell carcinoma producing a large suprahilar mass. This is the first case report of a hemicrania continua-like headache with autonomic features due to lung cancer. I propose the term "vagal cephalalgia" to include headache and/or facial pain due to nonmetastatic lung cancer and cardiac cephalalgia which result from vagal afferent stimulation.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1349-1351 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Headache |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue number | 9 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Oct 2007 |
Keywords
- Cardiac cephalalgia
- Facial pain
- Hemicrania continua
- Lung cancer
- Vagal cephalalgia
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Clinical Neurology
- General Neuroscience