The Rare Primary Stabbing Headache: A Case Report


ÇOBAN A., Ertas M.

TURKISH JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY, cilt.18, sa.1, ss.30-32, 2012 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 18 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2012
  • Doi Numarası: 10.4274/tnd.42650
  • Dergi Adı: TURKISH JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.30-32
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Primary stabbing headache, indomethacin, treatment
  • İstanbul Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

The primary stabbing headache is a syndrome characterized by ultrashort attacks confined to the head, exclusively or predominantly felt in the distribution of the first division of trigeminal nerve. The indomethacin is the drug of first choice for treatment due to headache is good response. In this article, a 25-year-old woman was presented that fulfilling the criteria of typical primary stabbing headache due to clinical features and indomethacin good responsive headache. The primary stabbing headache is not uncommon. However, most people have attacks of low frequency and short-term, so they seldom visit the doctor. Because of good response to treatment in clinical practice is very important to know the primary stabbing headache. The response to treatment was satisfactory with the correct diagnosis.