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The most common initial symptom of aortic dissection is chest pain. Other initial symptoms include pain in the neck, throat, abdomen and lower back, syncope, paresis, and dyspnoea. Headache as the initial symptom of aortic dissection has not been described previously. A 61-year-old woman with a history of migraine and arterial hypertension developed continuous bifrontal headache. Two hours later, right-sided thoracic pain and a diastolic murmur were suggestive of aortic dissection that was confirmed by echocardiography and subsequent surgery. The dissection commenced in the ascending aorta and involved all cervical arteries until the base of the skull. Headache as the initial manifestation of aortic dissection was assumed due to either vessel distension or pericarotid plexus ischemia. Aortic dissection has to be considered as a rare differential diagnosis of frontal headache, especially in patients who develop aortic regurgitation or chest pain for the first time.
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PMID:Headache as the initial manifestation of acute aortic dissection type A. 982 52

Aortic dissection is an uncommon disease with high mortality. The typical clinical picture is characterised by sudden pain in the retrosternal or interscapular region radiating to the back and abdomen. There can be several signs, depending on the arterial branches involved (stroke, renal or mesenteric ischaemia), and even the absence of pain. Two cases with unusual presentations are discussed; one with sudden paresis and ischaemia of both legs with involvement of spinal and iliac branches, and the other began as a syncope and right hemiparesis with carotid involvement.
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PMID:[Aortic dissection: 2 cases of atypical presentation]. 2302 80