A case of strictly unilateral migraine without aura transformed in an episodic hemicrania continua

Rossana Terlizzi*, Sabina Cevoli, Marianna Nicodemo, Giulia Pierangeli, Daniela Grimaldi, Pietro Cortelli

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Abstract

According to the diagnostic criteria of International Headache Society classification, hemicrania continua is a strictly unilateral continuous headache of moderate intensity with painful exacerbations associated with ipsilateral autonomic signs without pain-free periods. We report a case of a 42-year-old woman suffered of a remitting form of hemicrania continua evolved from a strictly unilateral migraine without aura.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)169-170
Number of pages2
JournalNeurological Sciences
Volume32
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 1 2011

Keywords

  • Hemicrania continua
  • Side locked migraine
  • TACs

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Clinical Neurology
  • Psychiatry and Mental health
  • Dermatology

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