Assymetry of temporal artery diameters during spontaneous attacks of cluster headache

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Assymetry of temporal artery diameters during spontaneous attacks of cluster headache. / Nielsen, Thue H; Tfelt-Hansen, Peer; Iversen, Helle K.

In: Headache, Vol. 49, No. 3, 2009, p. 383-5.

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Nielsen, TH, Tfelt-Hansen, P & Iversen, HK 2009, 'Assymetry of temporal artery diameters during spontaneous attacks of cluster headache', Headache, vol. 49, no. 3, pp. 383-5. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1526-4610.2008.01280.x

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Nielsen, T. H., Tfelt-Hansen, P., & Iversen, H. K. (2009). Assymetry of temporal artery diameters during spontaneous attacks of cluster headache. Headache, 49(3), 383-5. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1526-4610.2008.01280.x

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Nielsen TH, Tfelt-Hansen P, Iversen HK. Assymetry of temporal artery diameters during spontaneous attacks of cluster headache. Headache. 2009;49(3):383-5. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1526-4610.2008.01280.x

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Nielsen, Thue H ; Tfelt-Hansen, Peer ; Iversen, Helle K. / Assymetry of temporal artery diameters during spontaneous attacks of cluster headache. In: Headache. 2009 ; Vol. 49, No. 3. pp. 383-5.

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abstract = "BACKGROUND: Cluster headache is characterized by strictly unilateral head pain associated with symptoms of cranial autonomic features. Transcranial Doppler studies showed in most studies a bilateral decreased blood flow velocity in the middle cerebral artery. OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether there is a bilateral or unilateral extracranial vasodilation during spontaneous cluster headache attacks. DESIGN AND METHODS: In 9 cluster headache patients, we investigated the luminal diameter of the superficial temporal artery with ultrasound on the headache and headache-free side during and outside cluster headache attacks. RESULTS: During cluster headache attacks, the diameter of the superficial temporal artery on the painful side was greater, 1.48 mm, than the diameter on the nonheadache site, 1.14 mm (P < .01). Outside attacks, median diameters on the 2 sides were quite comparable, 1.34 vs 1.31 mm (P = .67). CONCLUSIONS: What was observed is most likely a general pain-induced arterial vasoconstriction (confer the decrease in diameter on the pain-free side) with an unchanged superficial temporal artery on the pain side because of some vasodilator influence.",
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AU - Nielsen, Thue H

AU - Tfelt-Hansen, Peer

AU - Iversen, Helle K

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N2 - BACKGROUND: Cluster headache is characterized by strictly unilateral head pain associated with symptoms of cranial autonomic features. Transcranial Doppler studies showed in most studies a bilateral decreased blood flow velocity in the middle cerebral artery. OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether there is a bilateral or unilateral extracranial vasodilation during spontaneous cluster headache attacks. DESIGN AND METHODS: In 9 cluster headache patients, we investigated the luminal diameter of the superficial temporal artery with ultrasound on the headache and headache-free side during and outside cluster headache attacks. RESULTS: During cluster headache attacks, the diameter of the superficial temporal artery on the painful side was greater, 1.48 mm, than the diameter on the nonheadache site, 1.14 mm (P < .01). Outside attacks, median diameters on the 2 sides were quite comparable, 1.34 vs 1.31 mm (P = .67). CONCLUSIONS: What was observed is most likely a general pain-induced arterial vasoconstriction (confer the decrease in diameter on the pain-free side) with an unchanged superficial temporal artery on the pain side because of some vasodilator influence.

AB - BACKGROUND: Cluster headache is characterized by strictly unilateral head pain associated with symptoms of cranial autonomic features. Transcranial Doppler studies showed in most studies a bilateral decreased blood flow velocity in the middle cerebral artery. OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether there is a bilateral or unilateral extracranial vasodilation during spontaneous cluster headache attacks. DESIGN AND METHODS: In 9 cluster headache patients, we investigated the luminal diameter of the superficial temporal artery with ultrasound on the headache and headache-free side during and outside cluster headache attacks. RESULTS: During cluster headache attacks, the diameter of the superficial temporal artery on the painful side was greater, 1.48 mm, than the diameter on the nonheadache site, 1.14 mm (P < .01). Outside attacks, median diameters on the 2 sides were quite comparable, 1.34 vs 1.31 mm (P = .67). CONCLUSIONS: What was observed is most likely a general pain-induced arterial vasoconstriction (confer the decrease in diameter on the pain-free side) with an unchanged superficial temporal artery on the pain side because of some vasodilator influence.

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