Cluster headache risk factors

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sabeeh Islam, MBBS [2]

Overview

Patients with cluster headaches usually have an underlying secondary cause of headaches such as structural brain lesion, TBI and genetic predisposition that may increase the risk of cluster headache.

Risk Factors

Genetic predisposition^[1]^[2]^[3]
Underlying structural brain lesion
Traumatic brain injury

References

↑ Russell MB, Andersson PG, Thomsen LL (March 1995). “Familial occurrence of cluster headache”. J. Neurol. Neurosurg. Psychiatry. 58 (3): 341–3. doi:10.1136/jnnp.58.3.341. PMC 1073373. PMID 7897418.
↑ El Amrani M, Ducros A, Boulan P, Aidi S, Crassard I, Visy JM, Tournier-Lasserve E, Bousser MG (2002). “Familial cluster headache: a series of 186 index patients”. Headache. 42 (10): 974–7. doi:10.1046/j.1526-4610.2002.02226.x. PMID 12453028.
↑ Leone M, Russell MB, Rigamonti A, Attanasio A, Grazzi L, D’Amico D, Usai S, Bussone G (May 2001). “Increased familial risk of cluster headache”. Neurology. 56 (9): 1233–6. doi:10.1212/wnl.56.9.1233. PMID 11342697.

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[pmid7897418-1] Russell MB, Andersson PG, Thomsen LL (March 1995). “Familial occurrence of cluster headache”. J. Neurol. Neurosurg. Psychiatry. 58 (3): 341–3. doi:10.1136/jnnp.58.3.341. PMC 1073373. PMID 7897418.

[pmid12453028-2] El Amrani M, Ducros A, Boulan P, Aidi S, Crassard I, Visy JM, Tournier-Lasserve E, Bousser MG (2002). “Familial cluster headache: a series of 186 index patients”. Headache. 42 (10): 974–7. doi:10.1046/j.1526-4610.2002.02226.x. PMID 12453028.

[pmid11342697-3] Leone M, Russell MB, Rigamonti A, Attanasio A, Grazzi L, D’Amico D, Usai S, Bussone G (May 2001). “Increased familial risk of cluster headache”. Neurology. 56 (9): 1233–6. doi:10.1212/wnl.56.9.1233. PMID 11342697.

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Cluster headache risk factors

Overview

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