title: [Erythroprosopalgia or cluster headache].
abstract: Erythroprosopalgia is characterized by severe unilaterally and periodically occurring attacks of headache. During these fits of pain there is an increase in blood flow in the homolateral eye, conjunctival injection and epiphora. Males aged between twenty and forty are most frequently affected. The clinical picture, therapy and differential diagnosis of this disease are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003027:Cluster Headache / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004876:Ergot Alkaloids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D014653:Vascular Headaches / Q000175:diagnosis*
chemical_list: D004876:Ergot Alkaloids
vernacular_title: Erythroprosopalgie oder Cluster Headache.