Cluster headache associated with moyamoya

J Headache Pain. 2009 Feb;10(1):65-7. doi: 10.1007/s10194-008-0081-3. Epub 2008 Nov 14.

Abstract

A 34-year-old man with right-sided cluster headache presented with a stroke from right-sided moyamoya. Following surgery on the right, both moyamoya and cluster headache remitted, but eighteen months later a cluster attack and symptoms of cerebral ischemia from moyamoya recurred on the left. Again, following surgery on the left, both moyamoya symptoms and cluster attacks disappeared. Cluster headache secondary to moyamoya has not previously been described.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Brain Ischemia / complications*
  • Brain Ischemia / etiology
  • Brain Ischemia / physiopathology
  • Carotid Arteries / pathology
  • Carotid Arteries / surgery
  • Cerebral Angiography / methods
  • Cluster Headache / etiology*
  • Cluster Headache / physiopathology
  • Cluster Headache / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Moyamoya Disease / complications*
  • Moyamoya Disease / diagnosis
  • Moyamoya Disease / surgery*
  • Neurosurgical Procedures
  • Stroke / complications*
  • Stroke / etiology
  • Stroke / physiopathology
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Vascular Surgical Procedures