Akhlaq Hira, Li Mian, Nava Victor E
Department of Pathology, Veterans Health Administration, Washington, DC USA.
Department of Pathology, George Washington University, Washington, DC USA.
SN Compr Clin Med. 2022;4(1):111. doi: 10.1007/s42399-022-01194-1. Epub 2022 Jun 9.
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.
尽管新冠病毒病主要是一种急性病毒性疾病，但持续症状很常见。然而，头痛并非该疾病常见的后遗症。此外，据报道，在不到10%的新冠病毒病病例中出现过刺痛样/冰锥样头痛，且接种该疾病疫苗后出现的复发形式尚未见报道。我们在此报告一例不寻常的短期单侧刺痛样/冰锥样头痛，其具有10个月的复发周期，这可能是新冠病毒病的后遗症。该头痛出现在一名55岁男性身上，他没有重大健康问题，在新冠病毒病急性发作约4个月后出现，在接种第二剂BNT162b2（辉瑞）新冠疫苗12天后复发了两次。本报告为新冠病毒病相关头痛的症状学模式提供了补充。
