Postoperative hemicrania continua-like headache - a case series

BACKGROUND: Hemicrania continua (HC) is a rare chronic headache disorder, typically accompanied by cranial autonomic features and responding to therapeutic doses of indomethacin. The pathophysiology of hemicrania continua is not fully understood. FINDINGS: We report a series of three patients who de...

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Autores principales: Gantenbein, Andreas R, Sarikaya, Hakan, Riederer, Franz, Goadsby, Peter J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Milan 2015
Materias:
Short Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4429110/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25968100
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s10194-015-0526-4
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: Hemicrania continua (HC) is a rare chronic headache disorder, typically accompanied by cranial autonomic features and responding to therapeutic doses of indomethacin. The pathophysiology of hemicrania continua is not fully understood. FINDINGS: We report a series of three patients who developed a continuous hemicranial headache after cranial surgery. Each case presented a similar phenotype of continuous half-sided headache, cranial autonomic symptoms with exacerbations (2/3), and a response to indomethacin. CONCLUSION: The biology of hemicrania continua may be activated post-craniotomy just as can be seen with other primary headache disorders.

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