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Angiographic Changes Suggestive of Vasospasm in Migraine Complicated by Stroke
Author(s) -
Spierings Egilius L.H.
Publication year - 1990
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.1526-4610.1990.hed3011727.x
Subject(s) - migraine , medicine , vasospasm , posterior cerebral artery , stroke (engine) , cardiology , angiography , cerebral angiography , radiology , cerebral arteries , subarachnoid hemorrhage , middle cerebral artery , ischemia , mechanical engineering , engineering
SYNOPSIS A 30‐year‐old woman with a history of common migraine developed a permanent left homonymous hemianopia during a typical headache. CT scan demonstrated a right posterior cerebral infraction and angiography showed irregular narrowing of the ipsilateral posterior cerebral artery, suggestive of vasospasm. In the case no risk factors for atherosclerotic stroke were present except for smoking, and no other causes of stroke could be found.