Invasive Sphenoid Sinus Aspergillosis Presenting Hemicrania Continua-Like Headache

Hemicrania continua (HC) is an indomethacin-responsive primary headache. Owing to continuous unilateral headache and clinical rarity, a great attention should be paid during the diagnosis of HC to exclude secondary causes of headache. Various pathologies have been described for HC-like headache. We describe a 64-year old man with invasive sphenoid sinus aspergillosis who presented continuous unilateral headache, trigeminal autonomic symptoms and response to oral indomethacin 225 mg/day. He was treated with intranasal ethmoidectomy and antifungal agent, and his headache has greatly improved.

Cluster Headache Presenting With Raeder's Syndrome

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Cefaléias inusitadas primárias reconhecidas pela sociedade internacional de cefaléias: revisão breve / Primary unsual headaches recognized by the international headaches society: brief review

As cefaléias são dores que assumem características clínicas, genéticas, fisiopatológicas e terapêuticas que as distinguem fundamentalmente das demais dores do ser humano. Dividem-se entre dores primárias ? as mais freqüentes ? e secundárias, de acordo com a presença ou não de desordens causadoras subjacentes. Nesta revisão salientamos os principais aspectos das cefaléias raras listadas pela Classificação Internacional das Cefaléias e que incluem: a hemicrania paroxística, SUNCT/SUNA, cefaléia primária em facadas, cefaléia primária da tosse, cefaléia primária do exercício, cefaléia primária associada à atividade sexual, cefaléia hípnica, cefaléia em trovoada, hemicrania contínua e a cefaléia nova diária e persistente. O diagnóstico depende da colheita de uma história cuidadosa e atenta, posto que reside no quadro clínico a chave para o diagnóstico diferencial.

Headaches are conditions fundamentally distinct from pain elsewhere due to clinical, genetic, pathophysiological and therapeutic reasons. They are first and foremost divided into primary - much more common - and secondary diseases according to the presence of underlying causes. In this short review, we highlight the most characteristic of the relatively rare primary headaches listed in the HIS Cassification of Headache Disorders, including proxysmal hemicrania, SUNCT/SUNA, pimary stabbing headache, pimary cough headache, pimary exertional headache, pimary sexual headache, hpnic headache, rimary thunderclap headache, hemicrania continua and new daily persistent headache. Diagnosis depends on a comprehensive case history, as the clue for differentiation among such conditions reside on clinical grounds.