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Is Hemicrania Continua a Single Entity or the Association of Two Headache Forms? Considerations From a Case Report
Author(s) -
Allena Marta,
Tassorelli Christina,
Sances Grazia,
Guaschino Elena,
Sandrini Giorgio,
Nappi Giuseppe,
Antonaci Fabios
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
headache: the journal of head and face pain
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.14
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1526-4610
pISSN - 0017-8748
DOI - 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2008.01288.x
Subject(s) - cephalalgia , primary headache , medicine , headaches , anesthesia , pediatrics , migraine , surgery
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.