The spectrum of cluster headaches: a case report.
Cluster headache and chronic paroxysmal hemicrania are two syndromes which, although sharing many characteristics, are coded separately under the International Headache Classification system. I report a patient who, over a 15 year period presented at sometime or other, many features of these two syndromes. Rather than continuously reclassifying the patient's diagnosis according to the characteristics of individual attacks, I propose that such patients be categorized as having a "cluster spectrum disorder", at least until biological markers point to the contrary.
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D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003027:Cluster Headache / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007213:Indomethacin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008875:Middle Aged; D011241:Prednisone / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use
D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal; D011241:Prednisone; D007213:Indomethacin