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However, some patients can be asymptomatic, and some can present with atypical symptoms.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Case presentation<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>We present a very rare case of acute myocardial infraction that presented with headache and right upper limb numbness of 2-day duration in a 61-year-old female Middle Eastern patient. The patient underwent percutaneous coronary intervention to a totally occluded right coronary artery with two drug-eluting stents. The headache and numbness immediately disappeared after revascularization, and the patient was discharged on anti-ischemic medications. This report concerns a case of cardiac cephalalgia.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Myocardial infarction can present in several different ways and should be included in the differential diagnosis for headache.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/s13256-024-04913-5","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,12,2]],"date-time":"2024-12-02T13:03:44Z","timestamp":1733144624000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Acute myocardial infarction presenting as headache: a case report"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"18","author":[{"given":"Ahmed","family":"Emara","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Amr K.","family":"Hassan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ahmed M.","family":"Khairy","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,12,2]]},"reference":[{"key":"4913_CR1","unstructured":"Ojha N, Dhamoon AS. 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