Familial hemiplegic migraine with prolonged aura and multimodality imaging: a case report

Headache. 2009 Jan;49(1):139-42. doi: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2008.01180.x. Epub 2008 Jul 1.

Abstract

We report a case of familial hemiplegic migraine with prolonged aura where multimodality imaging showed hemispheric cytotoxic edema along with evidence of hypometabolism in the affected hemisphere while there was no evidence of hypoperfusion of the affected hemisphere demonstrating that neuronal depression is a more plausible explanation in its pathogenesis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adrenal Cortex Hormones / therapeutic use
  • Anticonvulsants / therapeutic use
  • Child
  • Electroencephalography
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Angiography
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Migraine with Aura / diagnosis*
  • Migraine with Aura / drug therapy
  • Migraine with Aura / physiopathology*
  • Positron-Emission Tomography
  • Seizures / drug therapy
  • Seizures / etiology
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
  • Valproic Acid / therapeutic use
  • Vasodilator Agents / therapeutic use
  • Verapamil / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Adrenal Cortex Hormones
  • Anticonvulsants
  • Vasodilator Agents
  • Valproic Acid
  • Verapamil