Headaches commonly compel patients to seek medical attention. Migraine, tension headache,
cluster headaches, rebound headaches from overuse of medication, headaches that occur
as an adverse reaction to medication, and those associated with infection are typically
included in the differential diagnosis, but sometimes, a rarer entity is encountered.
This was true for a 44-year-old farmer from rural Honduras.
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Published online: March 26, 2018
Uma Paniker, MD, Section EditorFootnotes
Funding: None.
Conflicts of Interest: None.
Authorship: All authors had access to the data and played a role in writing this manuscript.
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