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Headache Rounds: Sudden, Transient Neurologic Symptoms in a Woman With Migraine
Author(s) -
Sharon Roni,
Rayhill Melissa L.,
Kurth Tobias,
Loder Elizabeth
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
headache: the journal of head and face pain
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.14
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1526-4610
pISSN - 0017-8748
DOI - 10.1111/head.12690
Subject(s) - migraine , aura , migraine with aura , medicine , stroke (engine) , presentation (obstetrics) , differential diagnosis , pediatrics , anesthesia , surgery , pathology , mechanical engineering , engineering
The following article is a Graham Headache Center headache rounds presentation at the Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital by fellows Roni Sharon and Melissa Rayhill with special guest Tobias Kurth. It summarizes the case of a 36‐year‐old female with no history of migraine in the past, presenting with several transient neurological episodes associated with headache. Her history, symptoms, imaging workup is reviewed. Following the case is a discussion of the differential diagnosis for the patient's symptoms along with a review of the association of migraine with and without aura with vascular neurological insult such as stroke. The article also discusses the clinical implications of migraine as a risk factor for stroke along with possible treatment recommendations.