Joubert J
Department of Neurology, Medical University of Southern Africa, Pretoria.
S Afr Med J. 1988 May 7;73(9):552-4.
Cluster headache is an uncommon form of headache syndrome. It is characterised by paroxysms of severe unilateral head pain typically involving the orbit. There are often associated autonomic changes on the affected side such as lacrimation, nasal congestion and Horner's syndrome. Apart from episodic cluster headache, various subtypes such as chronic cluster headache, cluster headache variant and chronic paroxysmal hemicrania have been identified. There have been few reports of the incidence and clinical features of cluster headache in blacks; 7 black patients with various types of cluster headache are described.
丛集性头痛是一种不常见的头痛综合征形式。其特征为严重的单侧头部阵发性疼痛，通常累及眼眶。患侧常伴有自主神经改变，如流泪、鼻塞和霍纳综合征。除发作性丛集性头痛外，还发现了各种亚型，如慢性丛集性头痛、丛集性头痛变异型和慢性阵发性偏侧头痛。关于黑人丛集性头痛的发病率和临床特征的报道很少；本文描述了7例患有各种类型丛集性头痛的黑人患者。
