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Red Ear and More: Facial and Extrafacial Erythema Accompanying Migraine Attacks
Author(s) -
Velasco Elena Martínez,
Mesonero Luis López,
Hueso María Isabel Pedraza,
Piñero Marina Ruiz,
de Lera Alfonso Mercedes,
Peral Ángel Luis Guerrero
Publication year - 2016
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.12702
Subject(s) - migraine , erythema , medicine , dermatology , cheek , eyelid , audiology , surgery , anesthesia
Cutaneous manifestations of migraine are infrequent and their spectrum is reduced to the red ear syndrome (RES) and eyelid disorders. We report a case of a 26‐year‐old woman with migraine accompanied by extensive erythema, which involved right ear and cheek and left hemithorax. She fulfilled proposed criteria of RES. We started preventive therapy with a significant response. This is the first description in the literature of an erythema accompanying migraine attacks broadly exceeding the ear.