Headache in Caucasian patients with Moyamoya angiopathy: a systematic cohort study
Background: Headache is common in patients with Moyanoya angiopathy (MMA), but usually underestimated in its management and not well characterized. Methods: A validated self-administered headache screening questionnaire and a telephone interview were used in order to investigate headache characteris...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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2017
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Cephalalgia
Year: 2016, Volume: 37, Issue: 5, Pages: 496-500 |
| ISSN: | 1468-2982 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0333102416643516 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0333102416643516 Verlag, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1177/0333102416643516 
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| Author Notes: | Markus Kraemer, Sie-In Lee, Ilya Ayzenberg, Jan Claudius Schwitalla, Rolf R Diehl, Peter Berlit, Bert Bosche, Zaza Katsarava and Mark Obermann |
| Summary: | Background: Headache is common in patients with Moyanoya angiopathy (MMA), but usually underestimated in its management and not well characterized. Methods: A validated self-administered headache screening questionnaire and a telephone interview were used in order to investigate headache characteristics, frequency and pain intensity in a large cohort of 55 German patients with MMA. Results: Thirty-seven patients (67.3%) had suffered from headache in the past year. Headache intensity was rated 3.2?±?1.3 on a verbal rating scale from 0 to 10. Seventeen patients (47.9%) reported migraine-like headache, 10 patients (27.0%) reported tension type-like headache and 10 patients (27.0%) had a combination of both. The majority of patients with migraine-like headache (n?=?10, 58.8%) described migrainous aura. Headache frequency and intensity improved significantly after revascularization surgery; however, nine patients developed new-onset headache postoperatively. Conclusion: Headache is very common in MMA, often with a migraine-like phenotype. Tension type-like headache was also found in 27% of patients, which is a new finding that has not been reported before. |
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| Item Description: | Gesehen am 11.10.2018 First published April 25, 2016 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1468-2982 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0333102416643516 |