The Sky is Falling: A Case of Trigeminal Nerve Entrapment

CASE PRESENTATION: A 14-year-old male with a history of reflux presented to the hospital with a five-day history of headache and emesis. His past medical history included headaches approximately twice monthly, without any migraine features. There was a positive family history of migraines. His current headache had lasted for five days and was associated with photophobia, phonophobia, nausea and emesis. The pain was described as a 10/10 and aching headache “all over” his head. On his first visit to the ER, he was diagnosed with status migrainosus with possible gastritis. …