Paroxysmal hemicrania. Post-stenotic dilatation of the subclavian artery
Ferrando, M.; Santamariá, J.; Peres, J.
Revue Neurologique (Paris) 139(6-7): 451-452
1983
ISSN/ISBN: 0035-3787 PMID: 6612150 Document Number: 210688
A 50 year-old women presented with a history of increasingly frequent bouts of cervicofacial pain over the last 18 months, and a pulsatile tumor in the supraclavicular region. Angiography showed a stenosis of the left subclavian artery with post-stenotic dilatation related to a cervical rib. No further pain was experienced after removal of the rib. The probable rate of the autonomic nervous system in the physiopathology of this painful syndrome is discussed.