Referred cutaneous allodynia in a migraine patient without simultaneous headache

Authors: A Ashkenazi; C LoPinto; WB Young

Source: Cephalalgia, Volume 25, Number 1, January 2005 , pp. 75-78(4)

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Abstract:

Ashkenazi A, LoPinto C & Young WB. Referred cutaneous allodynia in a migraine patient without simultaneous headache. Cephalalgia 2004. London. ISSN 0333-1024

Cutaneous allodynia has been described in migraine. We report on a 39-year-old woman with migraine with aura who had cutaneous allodynia to both dynamic (brush) and static (pressure) mechanical stimulation between attacks. For both sensory modalities, the evoked pain on allodynia testing was located to the right frontal area (the location of her usual migraine headache), contralaterally to the stimulated skin area. There was no allodynia when the right frontal area was stimulated directly. We suggest the term ‘referred allodynia’ for this phenomenon and discuss possible mechanisms for its occurrence.

Keywords: Cutaneous allodynia; referred pain; migraine

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2982.2004.00821.x

Affiliations: 1: Jefferson Headache Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, USA

Publication date: 2005-01-01