TY - JOUR
T1 - Nuchal Features of Cluster Headache
AU - Solomon, Seymour
AU - Lipton, Richard B.
AU - Newman, Lawrence C.
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PY - 1990/5
Y1 - 1990/5
N2 - SYNOPSIS Nuchal symptoms were found in the majority of 100 consecutive patients with cluster headache. In 10%, pain was experienced in the neck with the initial typical orbitotemporal pain; in 37%, pain radiated from the orbit or temple to the ipsilateral side of the neck. Sometimes, neck pain heralded the onset of the attack by a few minutes. During an attack, neck stiffness was reported in 40% and tenderness in 29%. Movement of the neck, especially flexion, precipitated cluster headache in 9% of patients. This was particularly true of patients with chronic cluster headache. Neck movement aggravated the headache in 16 of 100 patients and an equal number reported amelioration of pain by neck movement, especially extension. The nuchal features did not necessarily accompany every attack and were usually overshadowed by the severity of the typical headache. Nevertheless, symptoms referable to the neck occur more commonly than is generally appreciated.
AB - SYNOPSIS Nuchal symptoms were found in the majority of 100 consecutive patients with cluster headache. In 10%, pain was experienced in the neck with the initial typical orbitotemporal pain; in 37%, pain radiated from the orbit or temple to the ipsilateral side of the neck. Sometimes, neck pain heralded the onset of the attack by a few minutes. During an attack, neck stiffness was reported in 40% and tenderness in 29%. Movement of the neck, especially flexion, precipitated cluster headache in 9% of patients. This was particularly true of patients with chronic cluster headache. Neck movement aggravated the headache in 16 of 100 patients and an equal number reported amelioration of pain by neck movement, especially extension. The nuchal features did not necessarily accompany every attack and were usually overshadowed by the severity of the typical headache. Nevertheless, symptoms referable to the neck occur more commonly than is generally appreciated.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1526-4610.1990.hed3006347.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1526-4610.1990.hed3006347.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 2370135
AN - SCOPUS:0025094144
SN - 0017-8748
VL - 30
SP - 347
EP - 349
JO - Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain
JF - Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain
IS - 6
ER -