Allodynia in cluster headache : a review

Dynamic mechanical (brush) allodynia in cluster headache.

OBJECTIVE To examine the occurrence of dynamic mechanical (brush) allodynia (BA) in patients with cluster headache (CH). BACKGROUND Cutaneous allodynia was described in migraine. It was related to sensitization of neurons in the trigeminal nucleus caudalis (TNC). This phenomenon has not been previously described in cluster headache. METHODS We examined adult patients with episodic or chroni...

Oxygen therapy influences episodic cluster headache and related cutaneous brush and cold allodynia.

Cluster headache (CH) is characterized by a series of sudden attacks of short-lasting severe headache pain with ipsilateral autonomic features, including lacrimation, rhinorrhea, localized sweating, eyelid edema, and partial or complete Horner's syndrome. Just like in migraine, brush allodynia has been described for CH and for short lasting unilateral neuralgiform headache with conjunctival inj...

Cutaneous allodynia during cluster headache attacks.

Should cluster headache be associated with cutaneous allodynia?

CH be associated with cutaneous allodynia?R Burstein EDITORIAL Should cluster headache be associated with cutaneous allodynia? In an elegantly designed study, using meticulous quantitative sensory testing (QST), Ladda et al. (1) measured skin sensitivity during ongoing cluster headache (CH) and compared it with skin sensitivity during the in-bout and out-of-bout intervals when the patients were...

Migrainous corpalgia: body pain and allodynia associated with migraine attacks.

Cephalic and extracephalic allodynia are recognized as a common sign of sensory sensitization during migraine episodes. However, the occurrence of body pain in migraine has not been thoroughly explored. Here we report three patients presenting with spontaneous body pain in association with migraine attacks. A 41-year-old woman experienced face and limb pain along with migraine headaches; it sta...