Multiple choice

All of the following are headaches of vascular origin except

  1. Giant cell arteritis

  2. Anesthesia dolorosa

  3. Cluster headache

  4. Hemicranial
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Anesthesia dolorosa is one of the most dreaded complications of neurosurgery and is considered to be nonreversible. It occurs when the trigeminal nerve is damaged by surgery or physical trauma in such a way that the feeling sensation in part of the face is reduced or eliminated entirely while the sense of pain remains.

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