[Nature of headaches in Kimmerle anomaly].

Background And Purpose: Kimmerle anomaly is an anatomical variant of the first cervical vertebra consisting in the presence of an osseous canal in the place of a sulcus for the vertebral artery. The aim of our work was to determine the nature and frequency of headaches in this anomaly.

Material And Methods: A hundred and eight patients, 58 females and 50 males at the age of 18-59 years (M.