Vasogenic facial pain (cluster headache).
8 cases of vasogenic facial pain are presented with delineation of differentiating clinical features. These vasogenic syndromes include classic episodic cluster headache, chronic cluster headache, and indomethacin responsive chronic cluster headache. Open clinical trials employing inhalation O2 therapy as an abortive treatment strategy utilized in combination with prophylactic nifedipine therapy proved highly efficacious in controlling pain among most classic and chronic cluster headaches. A single case of chronic paroxysmal hemicrania responded favorably to indomethacin.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003027:Cluster Headache / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D005157:Facial Pain / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009543:Nifedipine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010102:Oxygen Inhalation Therapy; D013997:Time Factors; D014653:Vascular Headaches / Q000628:therapy*
D009543:Nifedipine