Secondary Stabbing Headache Associated with COVID-19: a Case Report

  • Akhlaq H
  • Li M
  • Nava V
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Abstract

Although COVID-19 is mainly an acute viral illness, persistent symptoms are common. However, headache is not a frequent sequela of this disease. Furthermore, stabbing/ice-pick cephalalgia has been reported in < 10% of cases of COVID-19, and recurrent forms occurring after vaccination against the disease have not been published yet. We present here an unusual short-lasting unilateral stabbing/ice-pick headache with recurrent periodicity over 10 months, which may represent a sequela of COVID-19. The cephalalgia presented in a 55-year-old male with no significant medical problems approximately 4 months after the acute onset of COVID-19, and recurred twice 12 days after the second dose of COVID-19 vaccination with BNT162b2 (Pfizer). This report represents a contribution to the semiological pattern of COVID-19-related cephalea.

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Akhlaq, H., Li, M., & Nava, V. E. (2022). Secondary Stabbing Headache Associated with COVID-19: a Case Report. SN Comprehensive Clinical Medicine, 4(1). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42399-022-01194-1

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