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Transient Global Amnesia and Migraine
Author(s) -
Evans Randolph W.,
Lewis Steven L.
Publication year - 2005
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.1526-4610.2005.00275.x
Subject(s) - transient global amnesia , citation , history , art history , library science , psychology , amnesia , psychiatry , computer science
CLINICAL HISTORY A 31-year-old woman presented with a history of transient memory problems. The day before, upon awakening at her normal time, she had trouble with her memory such as remembering events of the day before, the day of a dinner engagement the week before, and a movie she saw a week ago. The memory problem lasted all day and resolved by the next morning. Her father stated that her speech was normal but she just seemed confused. She had no associated headache or other neurologic or systemic symptoms or signs. There is a history of migraine without aura from childhood until 10 years ago and migraine aura without headache occurring once every couple of months for the past several years. Past medical history was otherwise negative. Neurological examination was normal. A MRI scan of the brain, complete blood count, chemistry profile, TSH, and vitamin B12 level were all normal. Question.—Is there a relationship between transient global amnesia and migraine?