Is hemicrania continua a single entity or the association of two headache forms? Considerations from a case report

Marta Allena; Christina Tassorelli; Grazia Sances; Elena Guaschino; Giorgio Sandrini; Giuseppe Nappi; Fabios Antonaci

doi:10.1111/j.1526-4610.2008.01288.x

Is hemicrania continua a single entity or the association of two headache forms? Considerations from a case report

Marta Allena, Christina Tassorelli, Grazia Sances, Elena Guaschino, Giorgio Sandrini, Giuseppe Nappi, Fabios Antonaci

Fondazione "Istituto Neurologico Casimiro Mondino"

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Abstract

Hemicrania continua (HC) belongs to the group of primary headaches and it is characterized by a strictly unilateral, continuous headache of moderate intensity, with superimposed exacerbations of severe intensity that are accompanied by trigeminal autonomic features. The syndrome is completely responsive to indomethacin. Here we report a case of a 49-year-old man with HC, which may be viewed as a combination of different types of headache, ie, chronic tension-type headache and trigeminal autonomic cephalalgia. The analysis of this case raises interesting issues regarding the proper place of HC among the primary headache forms.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	877-881
Number of pages	5
Journal	Headache
Volume	50
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1526-4610.2008.01288.x
Publication status	Published - May 2010

Keywords

Hemicrania continua
Migraine
Tension-type headache
Trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias

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Clinical Neurology
Neurology

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