Linear interictal pain in Epicrania Fugax

Pareja, Juan A.; Bandres, P.

doi:10.1186/s10194-015-0507-7

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“…On the other hand, LH may be associated with EF. Pareja and Bandrés recently reported a patient with long-lasting linear interictal pain between the attacks of EF, and this interictal pain is similar to the LH pain (Pareja and Bandres, 2015 ). Wang et al have proposed that this linear interictal pain may be LH triggered by EF (Wang et al 2015 ), as EF can trigger the attacks of migraine and cluster headache (Jin and Wang, 2013 ), and LH has many clinical features similar to that of migraine (Wang et al 2014b ).…”

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“…Table 2 summarizes the main clinical features of the twenty LH cases that have been described so far: twelve cases in the original description by Wang et al ( 2014b ) and eight new cases in the present communication. Pareja et al reported another possible one but the clinical description is not full (Pareja and Bandres 2015 ). Up to now, there has been a female predominance (1.5:1), and the age at onset has ranged from 20 to 73 years old (mean 41.8).…”

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“…The patients’s head pain improved with preventive medications, such as flunarizine, sodium valproate and amitriptyline but not to carbamazepine or oxcarbazepine (Wang et al 2014b ). Since the first description of LH case series, only one more case of LH-like head pain has been reported but it was associated with epicrania fugax (EF) (Pareja and Bandres 2015 ). Here we describe eight new cases with the same clinical features and their therapeutic responses to different medications.…”

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Linear headache: clinical characteristics of eight new cases

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BackgroundLinear headache (LH) has recently been described as a paroxysmal or continuous fixed head pain restricted in a linear trajectory of 5–10 mm in width, linking one endpoint in occipital or occipitocervical region with another endpoint in ipsilateral nasion or forehead region. For some patients, this headache had some features resembling migraine without aura.MethodsWe made a prospective search of patients presenting with a clinical picture comprised under the heading of LH and we have accessed eight new cases. A detailed clinical feature of the headache was obtained in all cases to differentiate with cranial neuralgia, paroxysmal hemicrania, cervicogenic headache, nummular headache and migraine.ResultsThe eight LH patients complained of a recurrent moderate to severe, distending, pulsating, or pressure-like pain within a strictly unilateral line-shaped area. The headache duration would be ranged from 1 h to 2 days or persistent for 1–6 months with recurrent worsening of headaches. For some patients, this headache had couple of features similar to that of migraine pattern, such as accompaniments of nausea, vomiting, and phonophobia, diziness, triggering factors of noise, bright night, resting after physical activity, fatigue, menstruation, and response to anti-migraine therapy.ConclusionsThis description reinforces the proposal of LH as a new headache syndrome or a new variant of a previously known headache syndrome, probably of migraine.

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Linear headache: clinical characteristics of eight new cases

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“…A typical pain trajectory of EF is different from that of the currently reported coronal line-shaped head pain, whereas, recent reports have shown that the pain trajectory of EF may distribute in different area (de la Cruz et al 2015 ), even in multiple directions (Cuadrado et al 2015 ). Furthermore, Pareja and Bandres reported an interictal persistent line-shaped head pain in EF (Pareja and Bandres 2015 ). Thus, apparently, it should be considered that the current coronal line-shaped head pain may essentially be the interictal pain of EF.…”

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A recurrent headache circumscribed in a coronal line-shaped area around the head: a coronal linear headache

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BackgroundLinear headache (LH) has recently been described as a paroxysmal or continuous head pain restricted in a linear trajectory of 5–10 mm in width, linking one endpoint in occipital or occipitocervical region with another endpoint in ipsilateral nasion or forehead region. The sagittal line-shaped pain area of LH is close and parallel to a sagittal venous sinus, the superior sagittal sinus (SSS). For some patients, the LH had some features resembling the pattern of migraine without aura.Case descriptionA 45 year-old woman complained with a distinct headache for more than half years. The pain trajectory of the headache is confined to a coronal line-shaped area of 5–10 mm in width linking the two points in the bilateral temporal regions with the occipital protuberance. This coronal line-shaped pain area is close and parallel to a coronal cambered venous sinus complex, the combination of the confluences of sinus and the bilateral cavernous sinus (CS), superior petrosal sinus (SPS) linking the CS with transverse sinus (TS) and TS into which the SPS feeds. The patient had a past history of migraine without aura for 10 years and her son had a benign paroxysmal vertigo (BPV) for 12 years. Both of her coronal line-shaped headache and her son’s vertigo had well response to sodium valproate.Discussion and evaluationIts clinical characteristics were distinctly different from those of other two headache entities defined with topographical criteria, nummular headache and epicrania fugax, and different from other existing headache entities except for migraine without aura.ConclusionThe distinct coronal line-shaped headache is suggestive of a variant of LH, a coronal LH, and probably belongs to a subtype of migraine without aura as proposed for LH. This coronal LH reinforces the proposal of LH as a new headache syndrome or a subtype of a previously known headache syndrome, probably of migraine.

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“…Recientemente Wang et al (2014) han propuesto también la posibilidad de que un dolor similar en cuanto a su topografía, pero estático y sin componente dinámico (llamado por los autores cefalea lineal) pueda ser considerado una variante de una EF. Pareja et al (2015), en una carta al director, expone su opinión al respecto (que el autor de esta tesis comparte). Así, en la fase de consolidación del síndrome EF no parece adecuado renunciar al componente dinámico que se antoja como lo más característico de este síndrome.…”

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Epicránea fugax: propuesta de criterios diagnósticos de una cefalea emergente a partir del análisis de una serie de 59 pacientes

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Linear interictal pain in Epicrania Fugax

Cited by 11 publications

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Linear headache: clinical characteristics of eight new cases

Linear headache: clinical characteristics of eight new cases

A recurrent headache circumscribed in a coronal line-shaped area around the head: a coronal linear headache

Epicránea fugax: propuesta de criterios diagnósticos de una cefalea emergente a partir del análisis de una serie de 59 pacientes

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