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Ictal Epileptic Headache Mimicking Status Migrainosus: EEG and DWI‐MRI Findings
Author(s) -
Belcastro Vincenzo,
Striano Pasquale,
Pierguidi Laura,
Calabresi Paolo,
Tambasco Nicola
Publication year - 2011
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.1526-4610.2010.01709.x
Subject(s) - lorazepam , electroencephalography , ictal , medicine , anesthesia , epilepsy , psychiatry
( Headache 2010;••:••‐••) We report a case of a patient with status migrainosus unresponsive to analgesic therapy in whom electroencephalographic recording revealed an epileptic origin. Intravenous administration of lorazepam induced the prompt resolution of the symptoms.