Cluster headache: a single tertiary center study

The characteristics of cluster headache (CH) patients in many countries and the diagnostic and therapeutic approach have been described in several publications, but so far no clinical data have been published from Turkey. This is a cross-sectional retrospective study that includes all patients who w...

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Published in:Neurological research (New York) 2022-04, Vol.44 (4), p.342-352
Main Authors: Tuncer Issı, Zeynep, Akbulut, Nurcan, Öztürk, Vesile
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Autonomic Nervous System - physiopathology
autonomic symptoms
Chronic Disease
clinic
cluster headache
Cluster Headache - epidemiology
Cluster Headache - physiopathology
Cross-Sectional Studies
diagnosis
Female
Headache
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Retrospective Studies
Tertiary Care Centers
trigeminal autonomic cephalgia
Turkey - epidemiology
Young Adult
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Summary:The characteristics of cluster headache (CH) patients in many countries and the diagnostic and therapeutic approach have been described in several publications, but so far no clinical data have been published from Turkey. This is a cross-sectional retrospective study that includes all patients who were diagnosed with CH and referred to our headache clinic, Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Medicine, Neurology Department from 1991 to January 2018. We included 114 patients (24 females and 90 males) in our study. The mean age at onset was 31.68 ± 12.72 (range 13-68). Eighty-six (78.18%) patients had episodic cluster headache (ECH) and 24 (21.82%) patients had chronic cluster headache (CCH). The age at onset was significantly higher in the patients with CCH than with ECH (p = 0.002). The most common location was orbitotemporal for both genders. The most common accompanying symptoms were lacrimation (80.73%). The male:female ratio in all patients was 3:7, 3.8:1 in those with CCH and 4:1 in those with ECH. Eighty-nine (87.25%) patients had prophylactic treatment and 60 of them received verapamil. In our study, some clinical features of our patients were similar to those of Europe and America or the Asian countries and some of them not. There are regional differences in cluster headache patients. With more awareness of cluster headache and research from many countries, clinical differences can be revealed more objectively in the future.
ISSN:0161-6412
1743-1328
DOI:10.1080/01616412.2021.1992101