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ArticleBMJ case reports2019

A case of remitting hemicrania continua with seasonal variation and clustering: a diagnostic confusion with cluster headache.

Sanjay Prakash, Kalu Singh Rawat

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sanjay PrakashNeurolgy, Smt BK Shah Medical Institute and Research Centre, Vadodara, Gujarat, India.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7322-904X
Kalu Singh RawatNeurolgy, Smt BK Shah Medical Institute and Research Centre, Vadodara, Gujarat, India.
M. P. Shah Medical College · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hemicrania continua (HC) is an indomethacin responsive primary headache that is characterised by a continuous strictly unilateral headache with periodic exacerbations. About 15% may have a remitting subtype of HC. Herein, we are reporting a 36-year-old man who had a 5-year history of episodic right-sided headaches. The headaches used to occur in a discrete series lasting 4-6 weeks, separated by pain-free remissions of 10-11 months. In each relapse, he had continuous background pain with superimposed exacerbations. The superimposed exacerbations were 1-2 attacks per day, lasting for 2-5 hours, and were associated with ipsilateral cranial autonomic symptoms. However, the patient did not respond to usual therapies of custer headache (CH). He had a complete response to indomethacin. We suggest that remitting subtype of HC may mimic CH. A therapeutic trial of indomethacin should be done in all strictly unilateral headaches who are not responding to other drugs.

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AdultAnti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-SteroidalCluster HeadacheDiagnosis, DifferentialHumansIndomethacinMaleMigraine DisordersRemission InductionVisual Analog ScaleAnti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-SteroidalIndomethacinheadache (including migraines)pain (neurology)

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PMID31110069
PMCPMC6536239
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