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Headache Attributed to Airplane Travel in a Child-First Case in Brazil
Luara Lis Barbosa Boson1, Lucas Aguiar Alencar Oliveira2, Fernando Jacó Silva Moreira3, Mariana Leite Pereira3, Rayssa Fernandes Souza Coelho3, Allyson Coelho Ribeiro4, Augusto César Beserra Martins4, José Hugo Andrade Santos Dantas4, Isadora Costa Coelho Gayoso-Almendra4, Ítalo Araújo Rios Brandão4, July Lima Gomes4, Kamilla Gomes Sales Souza4, Laysa Moura Cardoso Leal4, Luís Gustavo Silva Bacelar Andrade4, Vanessa Nepomuceno Fonseca Meneses4, Adriana Almeida Soares5 and Raimundo Pereira Silva-Néto6*
1Department of Neurology, University Center Uninovafapi, Teresina, Brazil
2Department of Neurology, Federal University of Piauí, Teresina, Brazil
3Department of Neurology, State University of Piauí, Teresina, Brazil
4Department of Neurology, Facid/DeVry, Teresina, Brazil
5Center of Neurology and Headache of Piauí, Teresina, Brazil
6Department of Neurology, Federal University of Piauí, Teresina, Brazil
- *Corresponding Author:
- Raimundo Pereira Silva-Néto
Department of Neurology
Federal University of Piauí
Avenida Frei Serafim, 2280
Centro, Teresina, PI 64001-020, Brazil
Tel: + 55 86 3215-5696
E-mail: neurocefaleia@terra.com.br
Received date: March 24, 2017; Accepted date: March 28, 2017; Published date: March 30, 2017
Citation: Boson LLB, Oliveira LAA, Moreira FJS, Pereira ML, Coelho RFS, et al. (2017) Headache Attributed to Airplane Travel in a Child-First Case in Brazil. J Pain Relief 6:286. doi: 10.4172/2167-0846.1000286
Copyright: © 2017 Boson LLB, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Headache attributed to airplane travel (HAAT) is a rare form of headache disorder that develops exclusively during plane travel. HAAT is characterized by occurring during takeoff or landing or both and improves spontaneously within 30 minutes after the ascent or descent of the airplane is completed. We report the case of a 9- year-old Brazilian boy with recurrent episodes of headache without associated symptoms occurring during airplane travel, but only during landing. Paranasal sinus tomography and brain magnetic resonance imaging did not reveal barotrauma or inflammation of the paranasal sinuses or any brain injury. This case fulfilled the diagnostic criteria for HAAT. It appears that HAAT may occur without prior history of barotrauma or inflammation of the paranasal sinuses.
