Abstract
Gamma knife surgery has become an effective alternative to microsurgery in the treatment of cerebral arteriovenous malformations. In a number of patients, a de novo headache syndrome has been produced after gamma knife surgery. A case report is presented of a 62-year-old men who developed a migrainous type headache 15 months after gamma knife surgery. The current neurosurgical literature has very poor documentation of postsurgical headaches. A review of the literature was made to try to identify a stereotypic 'post gamma knife headache,' as well as hypothesize about its mechanism of induction.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 180-183 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Headache |
Volume | 37 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 1997 |
Keywords
- arteriovenous malformation
- gamma knife surgery
- headache
- migraine
- stereotactic radiosurgery
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Neurology
- Clinical Neurology