Secondary Stabbing Headache Associated with COVID-19: a Case Report

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

1-1-2022

Journal

SN comprehensive clinical medicine

Volume

4

Issue

1

DOI

10.1007/s42399-022-01194-1

Keywords

Case report; SARS-CoA-2; Unilateral ice-pick cephalagia; Vaccine sequela

Abstract

Although COVID-19 is mainly an acute viral illness, persistent symptoms are common. However, headache is not a frequent sequela of this disease. Furthermore, stabbing/ice-pick cephalalgia has been reported in < 10% of cases of COVID-19, and recurrent forms occurring after vaccination against the disease have not been published yet. We present here an unusual short-lasting unilateral stabbing/ice-pick headache with recurrent periodicity over 10 months, which may represent a sequela of COVID-19. The cephalalgia presented in a 55-year-old male with no significant medical problems approximately 4 months after the acute onset of COVID-19, and recurred twice 12 days after the second dose of COVID-19 vaccination with BNT162b2 (Pfizer). This report represents a contribution to the semiological pattern of COVID-19-related cephalea.

Department

Neurology

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