Nummular headache: three new cases.
Nummular headache is proposed as a distinct type of headache in the Appendix of the second edition of the International Classification of Headache Disorders (ICHD-II). It is a chronic condition, with the following characteristics: pain is felt on a small circumscribed cranial area; pain is of mild to moderate intensity; there is no evidence of a structural abnormality. Herein, three cases fulfilling the ICHD-II proposed criteria (code A13.7.1) for nummular headache are reported.
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D000328:Adult; D000700:Analgesics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006257:Head; D051270:Headache Disorders, Primary / Q000145:classification* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012720:Severity of Illness Index
D000700:Analgesics