Ghader Harooni’s research while affiliated with Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences and other places

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Figure 1. Patient's face: (a) before Dysport injection showing severe blepharospasm. (b) After Dysport injection showing improvement in blepharospasm. 
Cluster Headache Associated with Secondary Unilateral Blepharospasm: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
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April 2017

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Journal of Ophthalmic and Vision Research

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Purpose Cluster headache is one of the most serious types of headache that is accompanied by autonomic parasympathetic symptoms. Its association with hemifacial spasm in the same side had been rarely reported. The aim of this report is describing a case with this association and treatment strategies. Case Report Here we report a 37-year-old female with cluster headache associated with secondary unilateral blepharospasm that was successfully treated with combination therapy including botulinum toxin injection. Conclusion Hemifacial spasm associated with cluster headache needs special attention and can be treated successfully.

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... An open label, single-center study of onabotulinumtoxinA as an add-on therapy for prophylactic treatment of cluster headache found improvement in some but not all patients with chronic cluster headache, but no benefit in those with episodic cluster headache [77]. Cluster headache may be associated with blepharospasm, which could also benefit from treatment with BT injections [78]. ...

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OnabotulinumtoxinA for the treatment of headache: an updated review
Cluster Headache Associated with Secondary Unilateral Blepharospasm: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Journal of Ophthalmic and Vision Research