Is hemicrania continua a single entity or the association of two headache forms? Considerations from a case report.
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.
Allena
Marta
M
University Centre for the Study of Adaptive Disorders and Headache, University of Pavia and Headache Centre, IRCCS C Mondino Institute of Neurology Foundation, Pavia, Italy.
Tassorelli
Christina
C
Sances
Grazia
G
Guaschino
Elena
E
Sandrini
Giorgio
G
Nappi
Giuseppe
G
Antonaci
Fabios
F
D016893:Carotid Stenosis / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D018450:Disease Progression; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D051302:Paroxysmal Hemicrania / Q000145:classification* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D018781:Tension-Type Headache / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D051303:Trigeminal Autonomic Cephalalgias / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy