Red Ear and More: Facial and Extrafacial Erythema Accompanying Migraine Attacks

Headache. 2016 Jan;56(1):174-5. doi: 10.1111/head.12702. Epub 2015 Oct 16.

Abstract

Cutaneous manifestations of migraine are infrequent and their spectrum is reduced to the red ear syndrome (RES) and eyelid disorders. We report a case of a 26-year-old woman with migraine accompanied by extensive erythema, which involved right ear and cheek and left hemithorax. She fulfilled proposed criteria of RES. We started preventive therapy with a significant response. This is the first description in the literature of an erythema accompanying migraine attacks broadly exceeding the ear.

Keywords: cutaneous manifestations; erythema; migraine; red ear; vertigo.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Ear / pathology*
  • Erythema / etiology*
  • Erythema / pathology*
  • Face / pathology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Migraine Disorders / complications*