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Case Reports
. 2015:16:507.
doi: 10.1186/s10194-015-0507-7. Epub 2015 Mar 19.

Linear interictal pain in Epicrania Fugax

Juan A Pareja  1 , Pablo Bandrés
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Linear interictal pain in Epicrania Fugax

Juan A Pareja et al. J Headache Pain. 2015.

Abstract

Epicrania Fugax is a paroxysmal, short-lasting, head pain moving across one hemicranium, describing a linear or zag trajectory, starting and ending in territories of different nerves. Between attacks, patients are usually free of symptoms. We describe an Epicrania Fugax patient complaining of interictal pain. The interictal pain was line-shaped and extended across the usual starting and ending points of the typical Epicrania Fugax paroxysms. Although rarely encountered, persistent linear pain may be a feature of Epicrania Fugax.

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