Headache. 1998 Feb;38(2):132-4.

Cluster headache associated with parainfluenza virus, preceded and succeeded by migraine.

Blanchard BM

Hartford Hospital, Hartford, Conn., USA.

A serologically proven case of parainfluenza viral infection was associated with the onset and disappearance of cluster headache. The patient had long-standing migraine that ceased during the cluster headache period and recurred when the latter stopped. Possibly, the virus was neurally transmitted to the trigeminal-autonomic system, creating an inflammatory response that transiently precipitated cluster headache and obliterated migraine.

PMID: 9529770 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Entrez PubMed

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