Table 1 Review of the five reported “ictal epileptic headache” cases described in the literature compared to the present ICHD-II criteria for “Hemicrania Epileptica” (HE)
ICHD-II criteria for HE | Walker et al. [17] | Ghofrani et al. [18] | Parisi et al. [4] | Perucca et al. [19] | Belcastro et al. [20] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(a) Headache lasting seconds to minutes, with features of migraine | >72 h | NA | >72 h | >72 h | >72 h |
(b) The patient is having a partial epileptic seizure | NCSE | NCSE | NCSE | NCSE | NCSE |
(c) Headache develops ipsilaterally to the ictal discharge | YES | NO | YES | YES | YES |
(d) Headache resolves immediately after the seizure | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES |