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Migralepsy: Is the Current Definition Too Narrow?
Author(s) -
Maggioni Ferdinando,
Mampreso Edoardo,
Ruffatti Silvia,
Viaro Federica,
Lunardelli Viviana,
Zanchin Giorgio
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.1526-4610.2008.01091.x
Subject(s) - aura , migraine , migraine with aura , epilepsy , status epilepticus , medicine , pediatrics , psychology , psychiatry , anesthesia , neuroscience
The relationship between epilepsy and migraine is complex and remains to be determined. We report 3 cases that address 2 questions on this topic. The first and second cases showed an association between migraine without aura and the onset of epileptic seizures. The third case report describes a patient in whom migraine with aura occurred and was followed by the development of status epilepticus, which occurred 2 or 3 hours after the attack of migraine with aura. We discuss the present definition of migralepsy and reassess its definition by suggesting possible extensions to its current definition.