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Cluster headache physical examination
Introduction
Overview
Overview
Examination findings in cluster headache are usually autonomic related; suggesting parasympathetic hyperactivity and sympathetic impairment. Exam findings may include ptosis, lacrimation, conjuctival injection, miosis, nasal congestion, rhinorrhea, neck stiffness and photophobia.
Examination
Examination
- Horner’s syndrome:[1]
- Ptosis (drooping eyelids)
- Conjunctival injection (which results in red, watery eyes)
- Lacrimation (tearing)
- Miosis (constricted pupil)[2]
- Eyelid edema[3]
- Nasal congestion
- Rhinorrhea (runny nose)[4]
- Sweating on the affected side of the face.
- Neck stiffness
- Photophobia
References
References
- ↑ Graff JM, Lee AG (February 21, 2005). “Horner’s Syndrome (due to Cluster Headache): 46 y.o. man presenting with headache and ptosis”. Ophthalmology Grand Rounds. The University of Iowa. Retrieved 2006-09-22.
- ↑ Drummond PD (June 2006). “Mechanisms of autonomic disturbance in the face during and between attacks of cluster headache”. Cephalalgia. 26 (6): 633–41. doi:10.1111/j.1468-2982.2006.01106.x. PMID 16686902.
- ↑ Drummond PD (October 1994). “Sweating and vascular responses in the face: normal regulation and dysfunction in migraine, cluster headache and harlequin syndrome”. Clin. Auton. Res. 4 (5): 273–85. doi:10.1007/BF01827433. PMID 7888747.
- ↑ Ekbom K (August 1990). “Evaluation of clinical criteria for cluster headache with special reference to the classification of the International Headache Society”. Cephalalgia. 10 (4): 195–7. doi:10.1046/j.1468-2982.1990.1004195.x. PMID 2245469.
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