Hemicrania Continua - A Case Report -

Abstract

Probably due to rarity and unfamiliarity, hemicrania continua is not reported in Korea. We hereby report a woman who had a wry rare unilateral headache syndrome, hemicrania continua. For about 20 days, a 58-year-old woman suffered from persistent unilateral non-throbbing headache which did not respond to analgesics and narcotics. Headache was maximal in the left occipital area intermittently radiating to the left temporofrontal and nuchal areas. There was no autonomic dysfunction, photophobia, phonophobia, nausea or vomiting. Extensive diagnostic evaluations, including cervical spine X-rays, cranial computed tomography and erythrocyte sedimentation rates, were normal. Her unilateral headache responded dramatically and specifically to indomethacin.