Case 898 · ICHD-3 4.7

4.7 Primary stabbing headache

Origin

Synthetic

Language

English — also available in German

Contributed by

Imported case — Primary Headache Vignettes LLM Generated, Zwanzig, Oct.26 (Zwanzig D. Primary Headache Vignettes LLM Generated (Oct. 2026): synthetic ICHD-3 headache vignettes, chapters 1–4. headache.bench.)

Validation

Synthetic; automatically verified against ICHD-3, not clinically validated.

Anamnesis

A 53-year-old bus driver reports recurrent brief head pains, occurring up to five times in a single day, striking at random intervals. He describes sudden sharp stabs across the vertex, each one lasting no longer than an instant before disappearing completely. He is adamant that he has never had any tearing, redness, or nasal congestion accompanying an episode, nor any drooping of the eyelid. He also reports no photophobia, no phonophobia, and no nausea, and says he remains fully functional between attacks.

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