Nummular headache secondary to an intracranial mass lesion

Abstract:

Guillem A, Barriga FJ & Giménez-Roldán S. Nummular headache secondary to an intracranial mass lesion. Cephalalgia 2007; 27:943-944. London. ISSN 0333-1024

Nummular headache is a coin-shaped, chronic cephalalgia usually considered to stem from epicranial tissues. We describe a patient complaining of circumscribed pain in the head as the only symptom of a subtentorial meningioma. This observation underlines the need to revise the concept of circumscribed, referred pains in the head arising from pain-sensitive intracranial structures.

Keywords: Intracranial mass lesions; meningioma; nummular headache

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2982.2007.01328.x

Affiliations: 1: Department of Neurology, Fundación Hospital de Alcorcón, Madrid, Spain 2: Department of Neurology, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón and