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Case Report: Chronic Cluster Headache with Unusual High Frequency of Attacks
Author(s) -
Bogucki Andrzej,
Niewodniczy Aleksander
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
headache: the journal of head and face pain
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.14
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1526-4610
pISSN - 0017-8748
DOI - 10.1111/j.1526-4610.1984.hed2403150.x
Subject(s) - cluster headache , medicine , cluster (spacecraft) , lithium (medication) , pediatrics , anesthesia , migraine , computer science , programming language
SYNOPSIS A case of chronic cluster headache with unusually frequent attacks (up to 30 per day) is discussed. Such numerous attacks are usually observed in chronic paroxysmal hemicrania only. The patient did not respond to indomethacin therapy, but rapid improvement during lithium treatment was observed.