Filiz Azman, Büşra Erkılınç, Murat Çabalar, Sultan Çağırıcı, Vildan Yayla

Department of Neurology, Bakirkoy Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey

Keywords: Naproxen sodium, sinus barotrauma, airplane travel headache.

Abstract

Recently, headache associated with airplane travel has gained importance with case reports and took its place in the classification of headache in 2013. This rare condition has different spesific characteristic from the primary headaches and its pathophysiology is not clear yet. In this case report, a 27-years-old female patient was diagnosed with the headache associated with airplane travel by history, examination and imaging findings. The possible pathophysiology and treatment were discussed.