Numular headache: a coin-shaped cephalgia.
Numular headache is a chronic, mild to moderate, pressurelike pain in a circumscribed cranial area of approximately 2 to 6 cm in diameter. Pain usually is limited to the parietal region, although it may appear in any cranial site. It is a benign process of usually unknown origin.
Pareja
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Department of Neurology, Fundación Hospital Alcorcón, Juan Carlos I University, C/Budapest 1, 28922 Madrid, Spain. japareja@fhalcorcon.es
Caminero
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Serra
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Barriga
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Barón
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Dobato
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Vela
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Sánchez del Río
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006261:Headache / Q000145:classification* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010294:Parietal Bone; D012535:Scalp / Q000294:innervation