Nummular headache (NH) (or coin-shaped cephalgia) is a chronic, mild to moderate, pressure-like pain in a small circumscribed area of the head in the absence of any lesion of the underlying structures. It was first described by Pareja et al. in 2002 (1) and included in the Appendix of the new International Classification of the Headache Disorders (ICHD-II) of the International Headache Society, at the point A13.7.1 (2). The main purpose of the Appendix is to present research criteria for a number of novel headache entities that have not been sufficiently validated by research studies. This is the case of NH: only one series of these patients was described before the issue of ICHD-II. The diagnostic criteria set forth by ICHD-II for this headache entity are reported in Table 1.
Nummular headache: first Italian case and therapeutic proposal.
ZANCHIN, GIORGIO
2006
Abstract
Nummular headache (NH) (or coin-shaped cephalgia) is a chronic, mild to moderate, pressure-like pain in a small circumscribed area of the head in the absence of any lesion of the underlying structures. It was first described by Pareja et al. in 2002 (1) and included in the Appendix of the new International Classification of the Headache Disorders (ICHD-II) of the International Headache Society, at the point A13.7.1 (2). The main purpose of the Appendix is to present research criteria for a number of novel headache entities that have not been sufficiently validated by research studies. This is the case of NH: only one series of these patients was described before the issue of ICHD-II. The diagnostic criteria set forth by ICHD-II for this headache entity are reported in Table 1.Pubblicazioni consigliate
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