Cluster headache

@article{Nesbitt2012ClusterH,
  title={Cluster headache},
  author={A. Nesbitt and P. Goadsby},
  journal={BMJ : British Medical Journal},
  year={2012},
  volume={344}
}
Few, if any, medical disorders are more painful than cluster headache. Previously termed migrainous neuralgia, it was last reviewed in the BMJ nearly 50 years ago. At that time, the authors stressed the importance of covering the topic in a general medical journal to aid recognition. Despite this remarkably prescient view, and the extreme and stereotyped nature of its presentation, cluster headache is still commonly misdiagnosed. Without a clear diagnosis, affected patients can wait many years… Expand
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Cluster headache: When to worry? Two case reports
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The importance of clinical modifications of CH that could suggest clinical investigations should be performed or repeated to exclude a secondary pathology in a previously diagnosed cluster headache is highlighted. Expand
Headache disorders: differentiating and managing the common subtypes
  • F. Ahmed
  • Medicine
  • British journal of pain
  • 2012
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The current pathway of headache care in the UK is discussed with a view to proposing a model that might fit well in the financially constrained National Health Service (NHS) and with new NHS reforms. Expand
All About Cluster Headaches
According to the International Classification of Headache Disorders (ICHD), cluster headaches are a member of the trigeminal autonomic cephalalgia (TAC) family of headaches [1]. Trigeminal refers to… Expand
Primary headaches.
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For future research into CSF biomarkers for primary headache disorders, two different strategies should be employed: hypothesis-driven and nonhypothesis-driven biochemical research, to show new avenues for treatment strategies and develop prediction models for clinical use. Expand
Clinical features of cluster headache without cranial autonomic symptoms: results from a prospective multicentre study
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Among participants with PCH, headache intensity was less severe in participants without CAS than in those with CAS, and some clinical features of CH and PCH differed based on the presence of CAS. Expand
Can Psychedelics Alleviate Symptoms of Cluster Headache and Accompanying Mental Health Problems? A Case Report Involving Hawaiian Baby Woodrose
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Preliminary evidence supports the efficacy of psychedelics in the alleviation of cluster headache and mental health problems and the first case report to concurrently examine the analgesic and psycho-spiritual effects of Hawaiian baby woodrose is described. Expand
Clinical characteristics of pre-attack symptoms in cluster headache: A large series of Korean patients
  • Soohyun Cho, Soo-Jin Cho, +13 authors Byung-Kun Kim
  • Medicine
  • Cephalalgia : an international journal of headache
  • 2020
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Pre-attack symptoms were frequently observed in Korean patients with cluster headache, which was consistent with previous Western studies. Expand
Allodynia in cluster headache
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The high prevalence of cutaneous allodynian with similar risk factors for allodynia as found for migraine suggests that central sensitization, like in migraine, also occurs in cluster headache. Expand
Safety and efficacy of sphenopalatine ganglion stimulation for chronic cluster headache: a double-blind, randomised controlled trial
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Sphenopalatine ganglion stimulation seems efficacious and is well tolerated, and potentially offers an alternative approach to the treatment of chronic cluster headache. Expand
Efficacy of cabergoline and triptans for cluster-like headache caused by prolactin-secreting pituitary adenoma: A literature review and case report
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Based on the efficacies of cabergoline and triptans, two different mechanisms may coexist in the pathogenesis of CLHs associated with PA: endocrinological and physical effects of the tumor itself. Expand
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Functional neuroimaging with PET and anatomical imaging with voxel-based morphometry have identified the posterior hypothalamic grey matter as the key area for the basic defect in cluster headache. Expand
EFNS guidelines on the treatment of cluster headache and other trigeminal‐autonomic cephalalgias
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Treatment of intractable chronic cluster headache by occipital nerve stimulation in 14 patients
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Cranial autonomic symptoms in migraine: characteristics and comparison with cluster headache
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