Hemicrania continua: a third case in which attacks alternate sides.
Hemicrania continua (HC) is an uncommon, primary headache disorder characterized by a continuous unilateral headache of moderate intensity with superimposed exacerbations of more severe pain. HC exists in two temporal subtypes, a continuous form in which headaches persist continuously without remission periods, and a less common remitting form in which bouts of continuous headaches are separated by pain-free remissions. There have been more than 100 prior reports of HC; in the majority of which the headache is strictly unilateral and without side shift. We now report the third patient in whom headaches alternated sides during different attacks.
The Headache Institute, New York, NY, USA.
Lawrence C
LC
Newman
Roderick C
RC
Spears
Christine L
CL
Lay
D000328:Adult; D020773:Headache Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012008:Recurrence