Prolonged acute migraine with aura and reversible brain MRI abnormalities after liquid sclerotherapy

J Headache Pain. 2014 Jun 19;15(1):41. doi: 10.1186/1129-2377-15-41.

Abstract

Transient visual disturbances constitute the most commonly reported neurological side effect during and immediately after sclerotherapy. A few studies, based on clinical and diffusion-weighted MRI assessments, have suggested that these transient neurological symptoms correspond to migraine with aura. Recently, it has been reported that brain magnetic resonance imaging can reveal transient T2*-weighted abnormalities during the acute phase of migraine with aura. We reported a 36-year-old man who presented with transient neurological symptoms and concomitant T2*-weighted abnormalities on brain magnetic resonance imaging immediately after liquid sclerotherapy. We hypothesize that the reversible nature of the patient's T2*-weighted abnormalities may indicate a relationship with the post-sclerotherapy migraine with aura attack.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Brain / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Migraine with Aura / etiology*
  • Migraine with Aura / pathology
  • Sclerotherapy / adverse effects*