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Catamenial Epilepsy
Author(s) -
Chia Kee Vui,
Scarffe Robert John
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.734
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1479-828X
pISSN - 0004-8666
DOI - 10.1111/j.1479-828x.1993.tb02067.x
Subject(s) - medicine , migraine , menstruation , gynecology , oophorectomy , hysterectomy , endometriosis , epilepsy , surgery , anesthesia , psychiatry
EDITORIAL COMMENTS: We accepted this case so readers can judge when menstruation‐related epilepsy may warrant such a radical remedy as bilateral oophorectomy. We have published the report of a case of severe menstrual migraine which also responded to bilateral oophorectomy and hysterectomy, and in which subsequent oestrogen replacement therapy likewise did not cause a relapse (A). A. Holdaway IM, Parr CE, France J. Treatment of a patient with severe menstrual migraine using the depot LHRH analogue Zoladex. Aust NZ J Obstet Gynaecol 1991; 31: 164–165.