Open AccessMigrainous corpalgia: body pain and allodynia associated with migraine attacks
Author(s) -
Cuadrado ML,
Young WB,
FernándezdelasPeñas C,
Arias JA,
Pareja JA
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
cephalalgia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.57
H-Index - 125
eISSN - 1468-2982
pISSN - 0333-1024
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-2982.2007.01485.x
Subject(s) - migraine , medicine , allodynia , headaches , anesthesia , neck pain , referred pain , central sensitization , hyperalgesia , nociception , surgery , receptor , alternative medicine , pathology
Cephalic and extracephalic allodynia are recognized as a common sign of sensory sensitization during migraine episodes. However, the occurrence of body pain in migraine has not been thoroughly explored. Here we report three patients presenting with spontaneous body pain in association with migraine attacks. A 41‐year‐old woman experienced face and limb pain along with migraine headaches; it started before, during or after headache, was usually ipsilateral to head pain, and could last from minutes to days. A 39‐year‐old woman had pain in her right limbs, back and neck for 30–60 min prior to right‐sided migraine headaches. A 30‐year‐old woman perceived pain in her left upper limb for 24–48 h prior to left‐sided migraine headaches. All patients had allodynia to mechanical stimuli over the painful areas. Spontaneous body pain may be associated with migraine attacks. Together with allodynia, this might be a consequence of central sensitization.