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Preferred term

Cluster Headache  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A primary headache disorder that is characterized by severe, strictly unilateral PAIN which is orbital, supraorbital, temporal or in any combination of these sites, lasting 15-180 min. occurring 1 to 8 times a day. The attacks are associated with one or more of the following, all of which are ipsilateral: conjunctival injection, lacrimation, nasal congestion, rhinorrhea, facial SWEATING, eyelid EDEMA, and miosis. (International Classification of Headache Disorders, 2nd ed. Cephalalgia 2004: suppl 1)

Entry terms

  • Chronic Cluster Headache
  • Ciliary Neuralgia
  • Cluster Headache Syndrome
  • Headache, Cluster
  • Histamine Cephalgia
  • Horton's Syndrome
  • Horton Syndrome
  • Neuralgic Migraine

In other languages

  • French

  • AVF (Algie Vasculaire de la Face)
  • Céphalée histaminique
  • Céphalée vasculaire de Horton
  • Syndrome de Bing-Horton

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-H8TG8991-W

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