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| Reference : Craniometric Measures in Cluster Headache Patients |
| Scientific journals : Article | |||
| Human health sciences : Neurology Social & behavioral sciences, psychology : Neurosciences & behavior | |||
| http://hdl.handle.net/2268/24479 | |||
| Craniometric Measures in Cluster Headache Patients | |
| English | |
| Afra, J. [> > > >] | |
| Cecchini, A. P. [> > > >] | |
Schoenen, Jean  [Université de Liège - ULg > Département des sciences biomédicales et précliniques > Neuro-anatomie] | |
| Apr-1998 | |
| Cephalalgia : An International Journal of Headache | |
| Blackwell Science | |
| 18 | |
| 3 | |
| 143-5 | |
| International | |
| 0333-1024 | |
| [en] Blockade of venous drainage in the cavernous sinus, which may play a pivotal role in the pathophysiology of cluster headache (CH), could be triggered by local inflammation. It could also be favored by a constitutional narrowness of the cavernous sinus region. Before exploring the latter with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), we determined whether external morphometric skull measures are different among CH patients (n = 25), healthy volunteers (n = 21), and migraine patients (n = 20). All subjects were males of comparable age distribution. Six measures were taken: inion-nasion perimeter, inion-nasion distance over the vertex; distance between the upper ends of tragus; diameter at the level of the temporal fossa; diameter at mid inion-nasion perimeter at ear level; and inion-nasion diameter. CH patients had significantly smaller values than healthy subjects and/or migraine patients in all but one measure (ANOVA and Duncan's post-hoc analysis). This may suggest that they have a narrower anterior/middle cranial fossa, and possibly a narrower cavernous sinus loggia, which needs to be confirmed by a quantitative MRI study. | |
| http://hdl.handle.net/2268/24479 |
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