CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Arquivos Brasileiros de Neurocirurgia: Brazilian Neurosurgery 2022; 41(03): e300-e304
DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1743104
Case Report

Treatment of Cluster Headache by Occipital Nerve Stimulation: Case Report

Tratamento de cefaleia em salvas por estimulação do nervo occipital: Relato de caso
1   Faculty of Medicine, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Goiás (PUC-Goiás), Goiânia, Brazil
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1   Faculty of Medicine, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Goiás (PUC-Goiás), Goiânia, Brazil
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1   Faculty of Medicine, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Goiás (PUC-Goiás), Goiânia, Brazil
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Abstract

Cluster headache (CH) is a primary headache characterized by severe pain that is strictly unilateral, with orbital, supraorbital, or temporal location, accompanied by ipsilateral autonomic manifestations. It has a considerable socioeconomic impact and impairs patients' quality of life. The present study aimed to report the case of a patient presenting with CH who underwent occipital nerve stimulation and to verify the improvement in her quality of life after this procedure.

Resumo

A cefaleia em salvas (CS) é uma cefaleia primária caracterizada por dor intensa estritamente unilateral, com localização orbital, supraorbital ou temporal, acompanhada por manifestações autonômicas ipsilaterais. A CS tem considerável impacto socioeconômico e prejudica a qualidade de vida dos pacientes. Este estudo teve como objetivo relatar o caso de uma paciente com CS submetida a neuroestimulação occipital e verificar a melhora de sua qualidade de vida após este procedimento.



Publication History

Received: 13 October 2020

Accepted: 20 December 2021

Article published online:
01 August 2022

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