Epileptic Disorders
MENURecurrent occipital seizures misdiagnosed as status migrainosus Volume 13, numéro 2, Juin 2011
Illustrations
Domenico Italiano, Rosario Grugno, Rocco Salvatore Calabrò, Placido Bramanti, Franco Di Maria, Edoardo Ferlazzo
IRCCS Centro Neurolesi “Bonino-Pulejo”, Messina, U.O.S. di Neurologia P.O. S. Agata di Militello, Neurology Division and Regional Epilepsy Centre, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy
- Mots-clés : occipital seizure, differential diagnosis, status migrainosus, headache, migraine
- DOI : 10.1684/epd.2011.0437
- Page(s) : 197-201
- Année de parution : 2011
Periictal headache is commonly reported in patients with epilepsy and often exhibits migraine features. Misdiagnosis is frequent since visual seizures may often be misinterpreted as visual aura of migraine. We herein describe a 35-year-old woman with recurrent occipital seizures, clinically presenting with intractable headache. EEG monitoring was crucial in order to reach the correct diagnosis.