Migraine in patients with history of centro-temporal epilepsy in childhood: a Hm-PAO SPECT study.
The authors report the results of a retrospective controlled study on the incidence of migraine in centro-temporal epilepsy compared to absence epilepsy, partial epilepsy and a group of patients with cranial trauma without epilepsy. The following observations from this series of 129 patients were made. Migraine was present in 63% of the patients with centro-temporal epilepsy (rolandic epilepsy), in 33% with absence epilepsy, in 7% with partial epilepsy and in 9% of the cranial trauma group. These results suggest that the association of centro-temporal epilepsy and migraine is non-fortuitous and also to a lesser degree in absence epilepsy. The role of neurotransmitters in this association is discussed. No decrease in cerebral blood flow was observed in 12 patients with rolandic epilepsy on a Hm-PAO SPECT study.
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Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico.
Pelletier
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Brunotte
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Giroud
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Dumas
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D000293:Adolescent; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D002648:Child; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004828:Epilepsies, Partial / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004832:Epilepsy, Absence / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008881:Migraine Disorders / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D010091:Oximes; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D019690:Technetium Tc 99m Exametazime; D013997:Time Factors; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D010091:Oximes; D019690:Technetium Tc 99m Exametazime