title: Trigeminal Autonomic Cephalalgias in Children and Adolescents: Cluster Headache and Related Conditions.
abstract: Cluster headache is a primary headache disorder that can occur in children and adolescents, and is a member of the broader diagnostic group of trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias. It is characterized by repeated attacks typically lasting between 15 and 180 minutes of severe unilateral side-locked headache with cranial autonomic features. Acute treatment of the cluster attack can include the use of triptans or high-flow oxygen. Preventive measures typically start with the use of verapamil. The other trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias, paroxysmal hemicrania, short-lasting unilateral neuralgiform headache with conjunctival injection and tearing (SUNCT), and short-lasting unilateral neuralgiform headache with cranial autonomic features (SUNAA), have also been reported in children, and should be considered when the clinical presentation is at all unusual.
authors.affiliation: Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN. Electronic address: Mack.kenneth@mayo.edu.
authors.forename: Kenneth J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Mack
authors.affiliation: University of California, San Francisco, CA; NIHR-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Facility, Kings College, London, UK.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Goadsby
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003027:Cluster Headache / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D003389:Cranial Nerve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D006931:Hyperbaric Oxygenation / Q000379:methods; D050798:SUNCT Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D014363:Tryptamines / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014700:Verapamil / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D014363:Tryptamines; D014700:Verapamil