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Published in: Acta Neurologica Belgica 4/2017

01-12-2017 | Letter to the Editor

Idiopathic orbital myositis presenting as cluster headache: a case report

Authors: Alevtina Ersoy, Mehmet Soyturk

Published in: Acta Neurologica Belgica | Issue 4/2017

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Cluster headache is defined by attacks of severe, strictly unilateral pain which is orbital, supraorbital, temporal or in any combination of these sites, lasting 15–180 min and occurring from once every other day to eight times a day. The pain is associated with ipsilateral conjunctival injection, lacrimation, nasal congestion, rhinorrhoea, forehead and facial sweating, miosis, ptosis and/or eyelid oedema, and/or with restlessness or agitation [1]. …
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Title
Idiopathic orbital myositis presenting as cluster headache: a case report
Authors
Alevtina Ersoy
Mehmet Soyturk
Publication date
01-12-2017
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Published in
Acta Neurologica Belgica / Issue 4/2017
Print ISSN: 0300-9009
Electronic ISSN: 2240-2993
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13760-017-0773-z

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