Recurrent headache is a common pediatric problem. As the differential diagnosis of headache is extensive, physicians rely on the mode of presentation to focus any investigation. A report of an adolescent in whom atypical facial and head pain caused by a preexisting cerebellar cavernous angioma is presented. Facial pain and headache resolved following excision of the tumor. (J Child Neurol 1990;5:27-30).
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