Raeder's syndrome

English

Noun

Raeder's syndrome (uncountable)

  1. (medicine) A syndrome of headaches, characterized by one to three 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, 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:
      Benign Raeder's syndrome is probably a manifestation of carotid artery disease.
    • 2013, Don Gilden, Neuroinfections, →ISBN, 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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