Cluster headache: a case-based review of diagnostic and treatment approaches.
Cluster headache is one of the worst pain syndromes known to mankind. Medical treatment is highly effective in most cases, but because cluster headache is rare, many physicians are not familiar with the details of its management. This article reviews three common presentations of cluster headache to illustrate standard approaches to its treatment. Algorithms for acute, preventive, and transitional (bridge) therapy are provided.
Walton Headache Center, Medical College of Georgia, 1355 Independence Drive, Augusta, GA 30901, USA. mhusid@wrh.org
Marc S
MS
Husid
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003027:Cluster Headache / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male