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Table 1. ICHD 3 diagnostic criteria for cluster headache [5]

From: Secondary cluster headache and numb chin syndrome as initial manifestation of high-grade B-lymphoma: a case report

Criteria

Description

A.

At least five attacks fulfilling criteria B–D

B.

Severe or very severe unilateral orbital, supraorbital, and/or temporal pain lasting 15–180 minutes (when untreated)

C.

Either or both of the following:

(1) at least one of the following symptoms or signs, ipsilateral to the headache:

conjunctival injection and/or lacrimation

nasal congestion and/or rhinorrhea

eyelid edema

forehead and facial sweating

miosis and/or ptosis

(2) a sense of restlessness or agitation

D.

Occurring with a frequency between one every other day and eight per day

E.

Not better accounted for by another ICHD-3 diagnosis