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8767985

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-9-19
pubmed:abstractText
Acute severe headache indicative of subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH), but without the requisite proof, is defined as thunderclap. A special pathophysiological mechanism for the development of this headache is not known as yet. This retrospective study comprised 84 patients. All had the typical clinical signs of a SAH, but cranial computer tomography and lumbar puncture excluded this diagnosis. In 82% of these patients the headache was classified according to aetiologically defined symptomatic groups. One patient with headache of vascular aetiology had an angiographically proven, but not ruptured aneurysm. No definite cause for the headache was found in 18% of cases. None of the patients followed up over a period of between 12 months and 6 years developed SAH or any other severe neurological disorder. 9% reported repeat of the headache event. Thunderclap headache seems to be only a descriptive term for patients with symptoms typical of a SAH without signs of bleeding. Thunderclap headache has no diagnostic or prognostic specificity and therefore we recommend use of this term only as a description of the headache characteristic. Thunderclap headache is not a predictor of a future SAH. Cerebral angiography should be restricted to cases with neurological deficits.
pubmed:language
ger
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0043-5325
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
108
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
326-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
["Thunder clap headache": an independent form of headache?].
pubmed:affiliation
Abteilung Neurologie, Universität des Saarlandes, Homburg, Bundesrepublik Deutschland.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract