Table 2 Characteristics of previously described children with paroxysmal hemicrania
From: Chronic paroxysmal hemicrania in paediatric age: report of two cases
Case report | Vieira [17] | Talvik [12]a | Almeida [8] | Gladstein [13] | Klassen [11] | Kudrow [14] | Shabbir [15] (2 cases) | Moorjani [18] | Broeske [16] | Seidel [10]a | Blankenbug [9]a (8 cases) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age (years)/gender | 9/M | 3/F | 10/F | 8/M | 6/M | 9/M | 13/F 14/F | 4/F | 3/F | 17/M | 7 mean 3F/5M |
Attack duration (min) | 5–30 | 5–15 | 15–40 | 15–30 | <10 | 10–20 | − several min − <15 | Not specified | >45 | 10–15 | 15–45 |
Attack frequency/day | Not specified | 5–20 | Not specified | 3 | 1–3 in a week | Every 1.5 h | 8–9 | 2 | 2–5 | 10 | 5–20 |
Autonomic signs: | Absent | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not specified | Not specified | Yes | Yes | Yes |
1. Lachrymation | Absent | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not specified | Not specified | Yes | No | Yes |
2. Conjunctival injection | Absent | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Not specified | Not specified | Yes | Yes | Yes |
3. Eyelid oedema | Absent | No | Yes | No | No | No | Not specified | Not specified | No | No | Yes |
4. Nasal congestion/rhinorrhea | Absent | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Not specified | Not specified | Yes | Yes | Yes |
5. Miosis/ptosis | Absent | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Not specified | Not specified | Yes | No | Yes |
Trigger | Absent | Not specified | Not specified | Not specified | Stress | Not specified | Not specified | Not specified | Not specified | Quick head movements | Stress |
Symptomatic PH | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Cerebral infarction | No | No |
Indomethacin response | Not administered | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not administered | Not administered (baby aspirin) | Incomplete (+verapamil) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |