A case of chronic paroxysmal hemicrania responding to subcutaneous sumatriptan

摘要: Chronic paroxysmal hemicrania was first described by Sjaastad and Dale in 1974.1 It is characterised attacks of excruciating unilateral oculotemporal pain associated with autonomic changes, such as lacrimation, rhinorrhea, ptosis, miosis, conjunctival suffusion. differs from cluster headache for its female predominance, brevity (5–45 minutes), frequency (5–20/day) attacks, well response to indomethacin doses up 150 mg/day.2 Experience subcutaneous sumatriptan chronic scarce. Here we report on the effect a patient hemicrania. In May 1994, when 34 years old, this previously healthy woman started have severe temporal periorbital usually injection, eyelid oedema, nasal congestion. Frequency duration were variable. She experienced at least five day …