Recently, Pérez-Pereda et al. [
[1]
] published an exciting paper in the ‘Journal of the neurological sciences’, suggesting
no need to request a brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in all patients with cluster
headache (CH), especially in those with typical presentations. It is commonly advised
to consider neuroimaging in all patients with trigeminal autonomic cephalgias, including
CH [
[2]
]. However, findings of studies by Pérez-Pereda et al. [
[1]
] or Grangeon et al. [
[3]
] that reported no higher prevalence of pituitary adenomas in CH compared to the general
population can change the routine management of CH.To read this article in full you will need to make a payment
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References
- Is conventional brain mri useful for the diagnosis of cluster headache in patients who meet ichd-3 criteria? Experience in three hospitals in Spain.J. Neurol. Sci. 2021; 434120122
- Neuroimaging in trigeminal autonomic cephalgias: when, how, and of what?.Curr. Opin. Neurol. 2009; 22: 247-253
- Is pituitary mri screening necessary in cluster headache?.Cephalalgia. 2021; 41: 779-788
- Treatment costs and indirect costs of cluster headache: a health economics analysis.Cephalalgia. 2011; 31: 1664-1672
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Publication history
Published online: January 26, 2022
Accepted:
January 24,
2022
Received:
January 6,
2022
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