association of cluster headache and secondary blepharospasm bagheri a, md*; mohammadi m, md; khosravi fard k, md; harooni g, md ophthalmic research center, shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, tehran, iran * corresponding author: abbasbagheri@yahoo.com purpose: to report a case of cluster headache associated with secondary blepharospasm and its management. case report: a 37-year-old ...

conclusions migraine and cluster headache have complex pathophysiologies. the exact mechanism causing pain in both conditions is incompletely understood and more research needs to be undertaken in this area. results there is evidence that the trigeminovascular system and neurogenic inflammation play important roles, together with certain areas of the brain, leading to these conditions being ter...

conclusions propofol and alfentanil combination can be considered as a treatment approach in the attack phase of cluster headache. introduction cluster headache is a severe hemifacial pain with concomitant symptoms such as lacrimation, conjunctival congestion, and nasal discharge. peripheral (to be a spectrum of trigeminal autonomic cephalgia) and central (hypothalamus) disorders have been sugg...

INTRODUCTION Cluster headache belongs to a group of primary headache entities: the trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias. Cluster headache is the most common variant. The headache is usually severe and it is also associated with autonomic symptoms. Secondary causes of cluster headache have been reported, such as intracranial artery aneurysms and tumors. The question of when to carry out neuroimagin...

OBJECTIVE To present results from the United States (US) Cluster Headache Survey including data on cluster headache demographics, clinical characteristics, suicidality, diagnostic delay, triggers, and personal burden. BACKGROUND There are few large-scale studies looking at cluster headache patients and none from the USA. This manuscript will present data from The US Cluster Headache Survey, t...

The familial occurrence of cluster headache was assessed in 421 probands with cluster headache, diagnosed according to the diagnostic criteria of the International Headache Society. The probands were from a neurological clinic and two departments of neurology. They received a mailed questionnaire regarding the presence of cluster headache among their relatives. All possibly affected relatives w...

Cluster headache (CH) is a primary headache disease characterized by recurrent short-lasting attacks (15 to 180 minutes) of excruciating unilateral periorbital pain accompanied by ipsilateral autonomic signs (lacrimation, nasal congestion, ptosis, miosis, lid edema, redness of the eye). It affects young adults, predominantly males. Prevalence is estimated at 0.5-1.0/1,000. CH has a circannual a...