Chronic paroxysmal hemicrania (CPH) and hemicrania continua: transition from one stage to another.
Two female patients, one suffering from CPH in non-remitting form, and the other from hemicrania continua, in the pre-chronic (non-continuous) stage are described. Both were followed through transitions to other stages: the CPH patient was followed from the non-remitting stage to a longlasting remission, and lastly back to another chronic stage. Indomethacin was effective in all the symptomatic stages. The hemicrania continua patient was followed from the non-continuous to the continuous stage. Indomethacin was effective in both stages. These observations provide further evidence that the non-chronic and chronic ("remitting" and "non-remitting") stages of CPH belong together. The same seems to apply to the two stages of hemicrania continua, the "continuous" and the "non-continuous" stages.
Sjaastad
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Department of Neurology, Regionsykehuset i Trondheim, Trondheim University Hospital, Norway.
Antonaci
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D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007213:Indomethacin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008875:Middle Aged; D008881:Migraine Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*
D007213:Indomethacin