ArticleJournal of neurosurgery. Case lessons2022
Complete resolution of chronic cluster headache following central lateral thalamotomy using incisionless MRI-guided focused ultrasound with 6 years of follow-up: illustrative case.
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- Resolution of chronic refractory migraine and development of burning mouth syndrome after focused ultrasound thalamotomy: illustrative case.Journal of neurosurgery. Case lessons · 2026Article
- MRI-guided focused ultrasound thalamotomy for neuropathic pain in an adolescent with cranial metastases: illustrative case.Journal of neurosurgery. Case lessons · 2025Article
- The variation of functional connectivity and activity before and after thalamotomy surgery (review).Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2023Review
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Abstract
backgroundThe authors reported the case of a 66-year-old male patient with a 14-year history of right-sided severe episodic and therapy-resistant cluster headache (CH) who underwent bilateral central lateral thalamotomy (CLT) using incisionless transcranial magnetic resonance imaging-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS). OBSERVATIONS: The patient experienced a single cluster headache attack 5 weeks after the procedure. There were no more pain attacks over the next 6 years of follow-up. LESSONS: This treatment success may indicate a common pathophysiology for CH and neurogenic (neuropathic) pain, which has been treated with CLT for more than 30 years. Further experience is needed to assess the reproducibility of this case.
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