Affiliation:
1. SoniModul, Center for Ultrasound Functional Neurosurgery, Solothurn, Switzerland
Abstract
BACKGROUND
The authors reported the case of a 66-year-old male patient with a 14-year history of right-sided severe episodic and therapy-resistant cluster headache (CH) who underwent bilateral central lateral thalamotomy (CLT) using incisionless transcranial magnetic resonance imaging–guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS).
OBSERVATIONS
The patient experienced a single cluster headache attack 5 weeks after the procedure. There were no more pain attacks over the next 6 years of follow-up.
LESSONS
This treatment success may indicate a common pathophysiology for CH and neurogenic (neuropathic) pain, which has been treated with CLT for more than 30 years. Further experience is needed to assess the reproducibility of this case.
Publisher
Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG)
Subject
Management Science and Operations Research,Mechanical Engineering,Energy Engineering and Power Technology
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