A Case of Recurrent Facial Pain Associated With a Pourfour du Petit Syndrome: A New Entity?. Issue 2 (23rd May 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Collongues, Nicolas; Labouret, Pascale; Speeg, Claude; de, Jérôme
• Is Part Of: Headache. Volume 54:Issue 2(2014)
• Page Start: 373
• Page End: 377
• Publication Date: 2013-05-23
• Subjects: Headache -- Periodicals; Headache -- Periodicals; 616.8491
• DOI: 10.1111/head.12137
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0017-8748

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main"> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <p>We report the case of a 38‐year‐old woman with a history of migraine who experienced an association of recurrent unilateral facial pain and Pourfour du Petit syndrome. The episodes occurred for between a few seconds and up to 3 minutes up to 6 times a day mimicking short‐lasting unilateral neuralgiform headaches with cranial autonomic symptoms. No lesional cause was found and the use of topiramate led to a nearly complete disappearance of the episodes. This new entity raises the question of a novel autonomic dysfunction in short‐lasting unilateral neuralgiform headaches with cranial autonomic symptoms or an unexpected presentation of migraine.</p> </abstract>