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ArticleFrontiers in ophthalmology2026

Headache as an extraocular manifestation of birdshot chorioretinopathy: a case series.

Jonathan D Groothoff, Maninder K Sohi, Hannah Shuman, Brandy W Hardy, Robert C Goodrich, Kristyn S Pocock

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Article in Frontiers in ophthalmology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Jonathan D GroothoffWake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, United States.
Maninder K SohiDepartment of Neurology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, United States.
Hannah ShumanDepartment of Ophthalmology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, United States.
Brandy W HardyWake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, United States.
Robert C GoodrichDepartment of Neurology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, United States.
Kristyn S PocockDepartment of Neurology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, United States.

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Abstract

Birdshot chorioretinopathy (BSCR) is a type of chronic posterior uveitis with limited characterization of extraocular manifestations, including headache. We describe two HLA-A29-positive patients with BSCR who developed refractory unilateral periorbital headaches temporally associated with visual symptom onset. Headaches lateralized to the more affected eye and the patients exhibited migrainous and prominent cranial autonomic features resembling trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias (TACs) and variable responses to standard headache therapies. Together, this supports the International Classification of Headache Disorders (ICHD-3) classification as a secondary headache attributed to ocular inflammatory disease. The biological plausibility of this association is supported by trigeminal innervation of the uveal tract, providing a substrate for inflammation-driven trigeminovascular activation. Systematic studies are needed to define BSCR-associated headache prevalence, phenotype, and mechanisms and to inform diagnosis and management.

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birdshotbirdshot chorioretinopathycase seriesheadacheHLA-A29

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PMCPMC13518146

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