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Migraine With Neurological Features in a Scuba Diver With a Patent Foramen Ovale

Author(s) -

Ali Ashhar,

Rothner A. David

Publication year - 2017

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.13047

Subject(s) - decompression sickness , patent foramen ovale , migraine , scuba diving , aura , decompression illness , medicine , migraine with aura , decompression , pediatrics , anesthesia , surgery , oceanography , geology

Neurologic complications of decompression sickness have been observed for over half of a century. Little is known, however, about the risk of diving in patients that suffer from migraine with aura (MWA). We report the case of a pediatric patient with a history of migraine with aura, who was later found to have a PFO, who developed headache with neurological symptoms during a scuba diving lesson.

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