Headache caused by a sphenoid mucocele but presenting as an ergotamine- induced headache

Headache

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 460-462

  Bauer, Birgit ^a   Evers, Stefan ^a   Lindörfer, Hans W ^a   Schuierer, Gerhard ^a   Henningsen, Henning ^a   Husstedt, Ingo W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ergotamine; Headache; Mucocele

Indexed keywords

ERGOTAMINE TARTRATE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MUCOCELE; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPHENOID SINUS;

AGED; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ERGOTAMINE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MUCOCELE; SPHENOID SINUS;

EID: 0030838572     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-4610.1997.3707460.x     Document Type: Article

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