title: Cluster headache: relation to and comparison with migraine.
abstract: Numerous factors, such as location of pain, sex, frequency and pattern of occurrence, and symptoms, distinguish cluster headache from migraine. Cluster headache is characterized by severe unilateral periorbital pain. Attacks lasting from several minutes to several hours occur many times a day over a period of weeks to months. Opinions differ as to whether cluster headache is a variant of migraine or a completely different disorder. For relatively mild attacks, abortive treatment with ergotamine tartrate is usually successful. Cases which do not respond to abortive measures require prophylaxis.
mesh_terms: D003027:Cluster Headache / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004087:Dihydroergotamine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004878:Ergotamine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008784:Methysergide / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008881:Migraine Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011241:Prednisone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014653:Vascular Headaches / Q000175:diagnosis*
chemical_list: D004087:Dihydroergotamine; D004878:Ergotamine; D011241:Prednisone; D008784:Methysergide