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Raeder's_syndrome
Raeder's syndrome
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Noun
Raeder's syndrome (uncountable)
- (medicine) A syndrome of headaches, characterized by 1-3 short daily attacks of pain around the eyes, occurring for a month or two, followed by a pain-free period of about a year before resuming; cluster headache.
- 1997, Neuro-ophthalmology: Clinical Signs and Symptoms, ISBN 0683087185, page 76:
- Raeder's syndrome occurs overwhelmingly in men, usually in those in their forties.
- 2005, Roger A. Barker, The A-Z of Neurological Practice: A Guide to Clinical Neurology, ISBN 0521629608:
- Benign Raeder's syndrome is probably a manifestation of carotid artery disease.
- 2013, Don Gilden, Neuroinfections, ISBN 0199926638, page 115:
- Recognition that periarterial inflammation can cause Raeder's syndrome should alert the clinician to the need for relevant imaging studies.
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