Hemicrania continua (HC) was described in 1984 as a headache syndrome with absolute responsiveness to indomethacin (1). Since then a number of cases were reported in the literature (reviewed in 2, 3), but there is still uncertainty about its diagnostic clinical features. Symptomatic HC can occur, e.g. in mesenchymal tumours of the sphenoid bone (4), HIV (5) or malignant lung neoplasm (6). We report two patients with indomethacin-sensitive hemicrania associated with an extracranial vascular malformation.
Indomethacin-responsive hemicrania associated with an extracranial vascular malformation: Report of two cases / C., D'Alessio; A., Ambrosini; Colonnese, Claudio; F., Pompeo; M., Vandenheede; Pierelli, Francesco; J., Schoenen. - In: CEPHALALGIA. - ISSN 0333-1024. - STAMPA. - 24:11(2004), pp. 997-1000. [10.1111/j.1468-2982.2004.00778.x]
Indomethacin-responsive hemicrania associated with an extracranial vascular malformation: Report of two cases
COLONNESE, Claudio;PIERELLI, Francesco;
2004
Abstract
Hemicrania continua (HC) was described in 1984 as a headache syndrome with absolute responsiveness to indomethacin (1). Since then a number of cases were reported in the literature (reviewed in 2, 3), but there is still uncertainty about its diagnostic clinical features. Symptomatic HC can occur, e.g. in mesenchymal tumours of the sphenoid bone (4), HIV (5) or malignant lung neoplasm (6). We report two patients with indomethacin-sensitive hemicrania associated with an extracranial vascular malformation.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
