Hemicrania Continua and Hypoglossal Nerve Palsy: Signs of Intracranial Hypertension
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A 50 year old male with obstructive sleep apnea developed de novo, daily, intense, continuous, left side pounding headache with superimposed stabbing pains, fluctuating in severity. Headache was associated with ptosis of the left eye, left hypoglossal palsy and eventual tongue hemiatrophy, in the absence of papilledema. His Brain and neck imaging procedures (MRI, MRA, MRV) and a left temporal artery biopsy were normal, while his cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) opening pressure was found elevated.
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