Disease or Syndrome
paroxysmal hemicrania
Subclass of:
Trigeminal Autonomic Cephalalgias
Definitions related to paroxysmal hemicrania:
  • A primary headache disorder that is similar to the CLUSTER HEADACHE with unilateral head pain, but differs by its multiple short severe attacks. It is usually seen in females, and may be responsive to non-steroidal-anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS).
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • A rare form of headache. Sufferers experience a severe throbbing, drilling pain on one side of the face or behind the eye.
    Harvard Dictionary of Health Terms
    Harvard Medical Publishing, 2011
  • A rare primary headache disorder characterized by multiple attacks of unilateral pain that occur in association with ipsilateral cranial autonomic symptoms. The hallmarks of this syndrome are the relative shortness of the attacks and the complete response to indomethacin therapy.
    OrphaNet
    INSERM, 2021
  • A rare primary headache disorder characterized by multiple attacks of unilateral pain that occur in association with ipsilateral cranial autonomic symptoms. The hallmarks of this syndrome are the relative shortness of the attacks and the complete response to indomethacin therapy.
    NIH Genetic and Rare Diseases
    National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
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