title: Hemicrania continua evolving from episodic paroxysmal hemicrania.
abstract: A 45-year-old woman, who had been diagnosed in our unit with episodic paroxysmal hemicrania, was seen 2 years later for ipsilateral hemicrania continua in remitting form. Both types of headache had a complete response to indomethacin and did not occur simultaneously. The patient had a previous history of episodic moderate headaches that met criteria for probable migraine without aura and also had a family history of headache. The clinical course in this case suggests a pathogenic relationship between both types of primary headache.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Hospital Virgen del Puerto, Plasencia, Spain. fernando.castellanos@ya.com
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Castellanos-Pinedo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zurdo
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Martínez-Acebes
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007213:Indomethacin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D051302:Paroxysmal Hemicrania / Q000145:classification* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D007213:Indomethacin