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The Role of MRI in the Evaluation of a Migraine Population: Preliminary Data
Author(s) -
Kaplan Robert D.,
Solomon Glen D.,
Diamond Seymour,
Freitag Frederick G.
Publication year - 1987
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/j.1526-4610.1987.hed2706315.x
Subject(s) - magnetic resonance imaging , medicine , medulla , abnormality , radiology , population , cerebral infarction , migraine , anatomy , ischemia , environmental health , psychiatry
SYNOPSIS Analysis of preliminary data comparing contrast enhanced computed tomography (CECT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in a migraine population strongly suggests that MRI is a necessary adjunct in the detection of intracerebral pathology. Additional information obtained utilizing cerebral MRI was present in approximately 33 percent of cases. Two patients demonstrated findings consistent with cerebral infarction, without comparable abnormality on CECT. Most striking was the discovery of a high signal intensity focus in the medulla of a 24 year old female with a normal CECT. This proved to be a malignant astrocytoma.