Paroxysmal headache with extracephalic irradiation: Proposal for a new variant of epicrania fugax in a series of five patients.

María Gutiérrez-SánchezDavid Garcia AzorinÁlvaro Gutiérrez-ViedmaNuria González-GarcíaAlejandro HorgaSusana MartínÁngel Luis Guerrero-Peral María Luz Cuadrado

Published in: Cephalalgia : an international journal of headache (2020)

The spectrum of epicrania fugax may include paroxysms with extracephalic irradiation. The propagation of pain beyond the head and the face supports the involvement of central mechanisms in the pathophysiology of this entity.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
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chronic kidney disease
chronic pain
prognostic factors
pain management
neuropathic pain
radiation therapy
spinal cord
patient reported outcomes
postoperative pain