“Ictal epileptic headache” is certainly a seizure which manifests itself only as headache

“Ictal epileptic headache” is certainly a seizure which manifests itself only as headache

Postictal headache in epileptic patients

The International Classification of Headache Disorders-third edition beta (ICHD-3 beta), defines the postictal headacheas “headache caused by and occurring within 3 hours after an epileptic seizure, and remitting spontaneously within 72 hours after seizure termination”. People at highest risk of suffering PIH are who have generalized tonic-seizures (GTCSs) and a history of interictal headaches....

Post-epileptic headache and migraine.

One hundred epileptic patients were questioned about their headaches. Post-ictal headaches occurred in 51 of these patients and most commonly lasted 6-72 hours. Major seizures were more often associated with post-epileptic headaches than minor attacks. Nine patients in this series of 100 also had migraine: in eight of these nine a typical, albeit a mild, migraine attack was provoked by fits. Th...

What have we learned about ictal epileptic headache? A review of well-documented cases

PURPOSE The case report published in this issue by Wang et al. offers us an opportunity to review previously published "ictal epileptic headache" cases and draw attention to the criteria that have recently been published for this condition, taking into consideration not only the clinical-EEG and physiopathogenetic investigations required to diagnose this condition, but also the therapeutic aspe...

Ictal Epileptic Headache in an Elderly Patient with a Hippocampal Tumor

Dear Editor, The interesting phenomenon of an association between a headache and epileptic seizure is often observed. Seizure-related headache has been subdivided into four types based on the temporal relationship: preictal headache, ictal headache, postictal headache, and interictal headache.1 Ictal headache is a very rare type of seizure-related headache,2 which has resulted in video-EEG reco...