Migraine Treated with Acyclovir
Migraine Treated with Acyclovir
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阿昔洛韦治疗偏头痛
DOI:
10.1111/j.1526-4610.2005.05082_6.x
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发表时间:
2005
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S. de Bruijn
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作者:
E. Peters;S. de Bruijn
None of the 12 patients with spontaneous intracranial hypotension (SIH) reported by Ferrante and colleagues had a thunderclap headache as the first presenting symptom of their disorder. 1 We suggest that SIH may represent a so far under-recognized cause of thunderclap headache. A previously healthy, right-sided 29-year-old man presented with excruciating nuchal headache since several hours. Headache had an abrupt thunderclap onset, radiated back to the posterior neck and interscapular region, and was accompanied by vomiting and photophobia; he reported a severe worsening of symptoms with standing or sitting up and an almost complete relief with recumbent position. On admission, the patient appeared acutely ill, apyrexial, alert, and fully oriented with normal vital parameters. Findings of physical and neurological examinations were normal except for a mild neck stiffness and the initial laboratory findings were also normal. A brain computed tomographic (CT) scan without injection of contrast medium did not reveal any abnormality. At lumbar puncture, opening pressure was 30 mmH2O (reference range, 70 to 180 mmH2O) with clear and colorless cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and analysis revealed no erythrocyte or leukocyte with protein 44 mg/dL and glucose 83 mg/dL. Staining was negative for bacteria, acid-fast bacilli, and yeast and cultures did not grow any organism; there were no oligoclonal bands. A gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance (MR) showed diffuse meningeal enhancement along the entire cerebral convexity and interhemispheric fissure with small subdural fluid accumulations; there was no mass effect or any irregular pattern of enhancement consistent with the presence of a tumor or meningeal infection.We made a diagnosis of (SIH). Radionuclide cisternography and spinal MR, which were performed to elucidate the site of CSF leaks, failed to show any site of leakage. The patient recovered gradually with bed rest, hydration, and corticosteroids and was discharged on the 34th hospital day. When last seen, at the follow-up visit 1 year later, he was doing well and did not report any complication or recurrence of headache.