Headache Pain. 2008 Jun 19. [Epub ahead of print]
Cluster headache with Brugada electrocardiogram pattern: a case report.
Matsuki Y, Hirose M, Nakano A, Sarasawa K, Hamada T.
Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimatology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Eiheijicho, Yoshidagun, Fukui, 910-1193, Japan.
Agents including the effect on sodium channel are restricted in patients with Brugada electrocardiogram (ECG) pattern or Brugada syndrome. On the other hand, many therapeutic agents for cluster headache (CH) block sodium channel. After recommended therapies without sodium channel blocking effect were failed in a 40-year-old male with CH whose ECG shows Brugada ECG pattern, clonazepam and codein phosphate, which are exceptional treatments for CH, were effective for severe unilateral orbital pain.