Cervical cord and dorsal medullary infarction presenting with retro-orbital pain.

de la Sayette, V; Leproux, F; Letellier, P · Neurology · 1999

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

A 36-year-old woman experienced an excruciating right retro-orbital paroxysmal headache after a stroke of the anterior two-thirds of the right hemicord at the C1 level (anterior spinal artery territory) and the dorsal medulla (posterior spinal artery territory). A right vertebral artery dissection was demonstrated. This unusual infarct mimicked a cluster headache attack or paroxysmal hemicrania.

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