Chronic Paroxysmal Hemicrania: Two New Patients

Successful Aspirin Prophylaxis in a Child with Chronic Paroxysmal Hemicrania

“…A pre-chronic stage of CPH has been reported. 7,3 It represents an irregular pattern of periods of attacks and remissions lasting <1-19 years, which may precede the chronic stage. 8 Chronicity, however, may not develop as noted in a report of 6 patients who had experienced regular patterns of attack periods and remissions for up to 35 years; hence, the term "episodic paroxysmal hemicrania" (EPH) was introduced.…”

Effective management of ice pick pains, SUNCT, and episodic and chronic paroxysmal hemicrania

“…On occasion, a mild discomfort at the usual site of pain is present interictally [46••]. During acute attacks, sufferers usually prefer to sit quietly or lie in bed in the fetal position [71]; rarely however, some sufferers assume the pacing activity usually seen in cluster headache.…”

Chronic Paroxysmal Hemicrania: Recent Developments

“…Thus, Stein & Rogado described two patients with a non-continuous headache in 1980 (19 (22). Furthermore, still another probable case has been reported but, unfortunately, under the designation of cluster headache (23).…”