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Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports
Published in: Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports 2/2012

01-04-2012 | Headache (I Garza, Section Editor)

Nummular Headache Update

Authors: Juan A. Pareja, Teresa Montojo, Mónica Álvarez

Published in: Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports | Issue 2/2012

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Abstract

Nummular headache is characterized by head pain exclusively felt in a rounded or elliptical area, typically 1 to 6 cm in diameter. The pain remains confined to the same symptomatic area, which does not change in shape or size with time. The symptomatic area may be localized in any part of the head but mostly in the parietal region. Rarely, the disorder may be multifocal, each symptomatic area keeping all the characteristics of nummular headache. The pain is generally mild or moderate, commonly described as oppressive or stabbing, and lasting minutes, hours, or days, with a remitting or unremitting pattern. Superimposed on the baseline pain, there may be spontaneous or triggered exacerbations. During and between symptomatic periods, the affected area may show variable combinations of hypoesthesia, dysesthesia, paresthesia, tenderness, and trophic changes. Nummular headache emerges as a primary disorder with a clear-cut clinical picture developed in a unique topography.
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Metadata
Title
Nummular Headache Update
Authors
Juan A. Pareja
Teresa Montojo
Mónica Álvarez
Publication date
01-04-2012
Publisher
Current Science Inc.
Published in
Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports / Issue 2/2012
Print ISSN: 1528-4042
Electronic ISSN: 1534-6293
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11910-011-0247-2

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