Cluster headache: Pathophysiology, clinical presentation and treatment
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https://doi.org/10.32385/rpmgf.v22i4.10268Abstract
A cluster headache is within the primary headaches, which presents the most characteristic clinical constellation, making diagnosis very affordable. However, given its rarity, this entity is often ignored by clinicians in the differential diagnosis of headache. The importance of proper diagnosis is essential because this violent headache has a particular therapeutic approach and usually quite effective. In this brief review is intended to make a framework etiologic and pathogenetic this pathology, describe the clinical characteristics, based on the existing diagnostic criteria and relating them to the reality of the series described, to address some relevant aspects of differential diagnosis and propose principles therapeutic approach more consensual and effective.Downloads
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