Huge supratentorial arachnoid cyst presenting as an orgasmic headache

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 639-641

  Kang, Sa Yoon ^a   Choi, Jay Chol ^a   Kang, Ji Hoon ^a   Lee, Jung Seok ^a  

^a Jeju National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Arachnoid cyst; Headache; Orgasm

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; TRIPTAN DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARACHNOID CYST; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGASM; ORGASMIC HEADACHE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUPRATENTORIAL ARACHNOID CYST;

ADULT; ARACHNOID CYSTS; EPIDURAL SPACE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84863988034     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: 15903478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-011-0786-y     Document Type: Article

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