[Epilepsy with rolandic paroxysms and migraine, a non-fortuitous association. Results of a controlled study].
The incidence of migraine was studied in 4 groups of patients: patients with centro-temporal epilepsy, patients with absence of epilepsy, patients with partial epilepsy, and non-epileptic patients with a history of cranial trauma. Migraines were present in 62% of the patients with centro-temporal epilepsy, 34% of the patients with absence of epilepsy, 8% of the patients with partial epilepsy and 6% of the patients with cranial trauma. These results suggest that the association of centro-temporal epilepsy and migraine is non-fortuitous as well as, to a lesser degree, absence of epilepsy and migraine. The authors discuss the role of serotonin in the association epilepsy-migraine and suggest that centro-temporal epilepsy might be a feature for the diagnosis of migraine.
Giroud
M
M
Service de neurologie, Hôpital général, Dijon, France.
Couillault
G
G
Arnould
S
S
Dauvergne
M
M
Dumas
R
R
Nivelon
J L
JL
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004828:Epilepsies, Partial / Q000150:complications; D004832:Epilepsy, Absence / Q000150:complications; D004833:Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008881:Migraine Disorders / Q000150:complications*
Epilepsie à paroxysmes rolandiques et migraine, une association non fortuite. Résultats d'une étude contrôlée.