Cluster Headache

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Is a:
  • Disease or Syndrome
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)
Synonyms:
  • Atypical Cluster Headache
  • Atypical Cluster Headaches
  • Cephalgia, Histamine
  • Cephalgias, Histamine
  • Chronic Cluster Headache
  • Chronic Cluster Headaches
  • Ciliary Neuralgia
  • Ciliary Neuralgias
  • Cluster Headache Syndrome
  • Cluster Headache Syndromes
  • Cluster Headache, Atypical
  • Cluster Headache, Chronic
  • Cluster Headache, Episodic
  • Cluster Headaches
  • Cluster Headaches, Atypical
  • Cluster Headaches, Chronic
  • Cluster Headaches, Episodic
  • Episodic Cluster Headache
  • Episodic Cluster Headaches
  • Headache Syndrome, Cluster
  • Headache Syndromes, Cluster
  • Headache, Atypical Cluster
  • Headache, Chronic Cluster
  • Headache, Cluster
  • Headache, Episodic Cluster
  • Headaches, Atypical Cluster
  • Headaches, Chronic Cluster
  • Headaches, Cluster
  • Headaches, Episodic Cluster
  • Histamine Cephalgia
  • Histamine Cephalgias
  • Horton Syndrome
  • Horton's Syndrome
  • Hortons Syndrome
  • Migraine, Neuralgic
  • Migraines, Neuralgic
  • Neuralgia, Ciliary
  • Neuralgias, Ciliary
  • Neuralgic Migraine
  • Neuralgic Migraines
  • Syndrome, Cluster Headache
  • Syndrome, Horton
  • Syndrome, Horton's
  • Syndromes, Cluster Headache
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