학술논문
Hypnic headache secondary to a growth hormone-secreting pituitary tumour.
Document Type
Article
Source
Subject
*CASE studies
*SOMATOTROPIN
*HEADACHE
*TUMORS
*PATHOLOGICAL physiology
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Language
ISSN
0333-1024
Abstract
The article presents a case of a 66-year-old man with a growth hormone (GH)-secreting pituitary tumour who experienced a headache fulfilling 2004 International Headache Society (IHS) diagnostic criteria for hypnic headache (HH). The complete cessation of headache attacks after trans-sphenoidal surgery reasonably points to a cause and effect relationship between the GH-secreting tumour and the HH. Moreover, it is noted that the pathophysiology of HH is still unknown.