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Lifetime Basilar Migraine: A Pontine Syndrome?
Author(s) -
Mishra Nishant Kumar,
Cereda Carlo,
Carota Antonio
Publication year - 2008
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.1526-4610.2007.01001.x
Subject(s) - migraine , medicine , brainstem , neuroscience , psychology
We describe the clinical and radiological findings of an 82‐year‐old woman patient with basilar type migraine attacks occurring over 70 years with a similar pattern of intensity and symptoms. We provide some evidence to suggest that gradual development of calcifications in the pontine tegmental nuclei can trigger attacks of basilar type migraine.