HEADACHE AND FACIAL-PAIN RESPONSIVE TO BOTULINUM TOXIN - AN UNUSUAL PRESENTATION OF BLEPHAROSPASM

Authors
JOHNSTONE SJ ADLER CH
Citation
Sj. Johnstone et Ch. Adler, HEADACHE AND FACIAL-PAIN RESPONSIVE TO BOTULINUM TOXIN - AN UNUSUAL PRESENTATION OF BLEPHAROSPASM, Headache, 38(5), 1998, pp. 366-368
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Headache → ACNP
ISSN journal
00178748
Volume
38
Issue
5
Year of publication
1998
Pages
366 - 368
Database
ISI
SICI code
0017-8748(1998)38:5<366:HAFRTB>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
The diagnosis of blepharospasm is rarely considered in patients compla ining of face pain or headache. This patient illustrates the importanc e of looking for blepharospasm In patients who present with headache o r face pain, as her pain and blepharospasm were successfully treated w ith botulinum toxin type A injections.