[Cluster headache: study of autonomic alterations and other associated manifestations in 28 cases].
The short lasting primary headaches are classified as those without autonomic activation and those with important activation, which includes the cluster headache. This study focuses on the pathophysiology of cluster headache mainly in its autonomic phenomenon (conjunctival injection, lacrimation, nasal congestion, rhinorrhoea, partial ptosis and eyelid oedema) showing the involvement of superior salivatory nucleus with the pain stimulus propagation, which begins in the trigeminal nerve. The autonomic alterations were studied in 28 patients being lacrimation and conjunctival injection, the main features.
Tanuri
Fabiano da Cunha
Fda C
Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Santa Casa de Misericórdia de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil. ftanuri@ig.com.br
Sanvito
Wilson Luiz
WL
D000328:Adult; D001341:Autonomic Nervous System / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003027:Cluster Headache / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003229:Conjunctival Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008499:Medical Records; D009297:Nasal Mucosa / Q000378:metabolism; D009325:Nausea / Q000209:etiology; D020795:Photophobia / Q000209:etiology; D013666:Tears / Q000378:metabolism; D014276:Trigeminal Nerve / Q000503:physiopathology