Highlights
- •Triptans may be effective in alleviating headache attributable to dural arteriovenous fistula involving the cavernous sinus.
- •Pregabalin may represent a good therapeutic choice for pain due to paradoxical worsening after embolization for cavernous sinus dural arteriovenous fistula.
- •The diagnosis of dural arteriovenous fistula involving the cavernous sinus should be considered in the face of facial pain intractable to conventional medical therapy.
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: January 14, 2015
Accepted:
January 7,
2015
Received:
October 25,
2014
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