Sleep Medicine
Volume 1, Issue 2 , Pages 135-138, 1 April 2000

Improvement in cluster headache after treatment for obstructive sleep apnea☆

  • Sarah Nath Zallek
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  • Ronald D Chervin

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Sleep Disorders Center, University Hospital 8D8702, Box 0117, 1500 E. Medical Center Dr., Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0117, USA. Tel.: +1-734-647-9064; fax: +1-734-647-9065

Sleep Disorders Center, Department of Neurology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

Abstract 

A 60-year-old man with cluster headaches (CH), refractory to many different medications for 9 years, was found to have obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Treatment with nasal continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) was associated with substantial reductions in the frequency and severity of cluster headaches. These observations suggest that obstructive sleep apnea may trigger CH during susceptible periods.

Keywords:  Cluster headache, Obstructive sleep apnea, Continuous positive airway pressure

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☆ Presented in part as an abstract at the annual meeting of the Association of Professional Sleep Societies, San Francisco CA, USA, June 1997.

PII: S1389-9457(99)00010-6

Sleep Medicine
Volume 1, Issue 2 , Pages 135-138, 1 April 2000

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