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Table 3 Diagnostic distribution of different types of side locked headache in the clinic setting (after the pooled analyses of two studies) (n-407 cases) [2, 7]

From: Side-locked headaches: an algorithm-based approach

Disease

Patients (%)

Primary headaches

61.7

 Trigeminal Autonomic Cephalalgias

 34.7

 Cluster headache

 19.9

 Migraine

 14.0

 Hemicrania continua

 7.3

 Tension-type headache

 4.2

 SUNCT/SUNA

 4.2

 Nummular headache

 3.4

 Paroxysmal Hemicrania

 3.2

 New Daily Persistent Headache

 2.2

 Primary stabbing

 1.2

Secondary headaches & Neuralgias

34 % (20/14)

 Cervicogenic headaches

 8.1

 Related to psychiatry disorders

 4.2

 Trigeminal Neuralgia

 3.9

 Persistent idiopathic facial pain

 2.5

 Post herpetic neuropathy

 2.2

 Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disorders

 1.7

  1. (Headache disorders with a prevalence of more than 1 % have been included in the table)