A Case Report:  Indomethacin Resistance Hemicrania Continua or a New Entity?

Özlem Coşkun; Serap Üçler; Ruhsen Öcal; Levent Ertuğrul İnan

doi:10.5505/agri.2014.41713

Özlem Coşkun^¹, Serap Üçler^¹, Ruhsen Öcal^², Levent Ertuğrul İnan^¹

¹Ministry Of Health Ankara Research And Training Hospital, Department Of Neurology
²Çorum Health Hospital, Department Of Neurology

Keywords: Headache, hemicrania continua, treatment, pregabalin, resistance, indomethacin.

Abstract

Hemicrania continua (HC) is an uncommon primary headache disorder. It presents some autonomic features (conjunctival injection, ptosis, eyelid edema, lacrimation, nasal congestion, rhinorhea) including. Response to indomethacin treatment is the mandatory criteria for the diagnosis of HC. However, there are some reported cases who did not respond the indomethacin in the literature. In this case report we will present a patient who had a the indomethacin resistance but with pregabalin response. However, the patient had a response to pregabalin. Pregabalin may be effective treatment for hemicrania continua in some patients indomethacin resistance.

BibTex	`@article{ agri464, doi = {10.5505/agri.2014.41713}, author = {Özlem Coşkun, Serap Üçler, Ruhsen Öcal, Levent Ertuğrul İnan}, title = {A Case Report: Indomethacin Resistance Hemicrania Continua or a New Entity?}, journal = {Agri}, year = {2014}, volume = {26}, number = {3}, pages = {138-140}, publisher = {The Turkish Society of Algology} }`
RIS	`TY - JOUR AU - Özlem Coşkun, Serap Üçler, Ruhsen Öcal, Levent Ertuğrul İnan PY - 2014 TI - A Case Report: Indomethacin Resistance Hemicrania Continua or a New Entity? SP - 138 EP - 140 JO - The Journal of the Turkish Society of Algology J2 - Agri VL - 26 IS - 3 PB - DO - 10.5505/agri.2014.41713 ER -`
EndNote	`%0 Journal Article %A Özlem Coşkun, Serap Üçler, Ruhsen Öcal, Levent Ertuğrul İnan %T A Case Report: Indomethacin Resistance Hemicrania Continua or a New Entity? %J The Journal of the Turkish Society of Algology %D 2014 %V 26 %N 3 %P 138-140 %R 10.5505/agri.2014.41713`
APA	Özlem Coşkun, Serap Üçler, Ruhsen Öcal, Levent Ertuğrul İnan (2014). A Case Report: Indomethacin Resistance Hemicrania Continua or a New Entity?. The Journal of the Turkish Society of Algology, 26(3), 138-140. doi:10.5505/agri.2014.41713
MLA	Özlem Coşkun, Serap Üçler, Ruhsen Öcal, Levent Ertuğrul İnan. "A Case Report: Indomethacin Resistance Hemicrania Continua or a New Entity?" The Journal of the Turkish Society of Algology, vol. 26, no. 3, 2014, pp. 138-140. doi:10.5505/agri.2014.41713.
Chicago	Özlem Coşkun, Serap Üçler, Ruhsen Öcal, Levent Ertuğrul İnan. "A Case Report: Indomethacin Resistance Hemicrania Continua or a New Entity?" The Journal of the Turkish Society of Algology 26, no. 3 (2014): 138-140. https://doi.org/10.5505/agri.2014.41713.
AMA	Özlem Coşkun, Serap Üçler, Ruhsen Öcal, Levent Ertuğrul İnan. A Case Report: Indomethacin Resistance Hemicrania Continua or a New Entity?. Agri. 2014; 26(3): 138-140. doi:10.5505/agri.2014.41713.
Vancouver	Özlem Coşkun, Serap Üçler, Ruhsen Öcal, Levent Ertuğrul İnan. A Case Report: Indomethacin Resistance Hemicrania Continua or a New Entity?. Agri. 2014; 26(3): 138-140. doi:10.5505/agri.2014.41713

A Case Report: Indomethacin Resistance Hemicrania Continua or a New Entity?

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