A role for anticonvulsants in migraine.

Anticonvulsants are not acceptable in the treatment of migraine, but there is a place for them in the treatment of central and autonomic disturbances like hyperosmia, osmophobia and leg pains that occur in the intercritical period and even during the attack itself. The role of phenytoin in small doses is emphasized.

Epidermoid tumour of the posterior fossa causing multiple facial pain--a case report.

A 53-year-old woman presented with three types of pain. The pains had characteristics of neuralgia of the fifth cranial nerve, ninth cranial nerve, and cluster headache. On further investigation, a tumour in the posterior fossa was observed and histologically shown to be an epidermoid tumour.