title: Migraine and glaucoma: an epidemiologic survey of French ophthalmologists.
abstract: Glaucoma is a common ocular disorder; a high intraocular pressure is observed in the majority of glaucoma (HIOPG) cases, but some patients have low-tension glaucoma (LTG). In the literature, some works link LTG and migraine, which is speculative of a potential role of a vasospastic factor or diathesis common to migraine and LTG. Using a standardized questionnaire based on International Headache Society (IHS) criteria, we investigated 954 glaucoma patients; 320 (33.5%) described a headache (migraine or tension-type headache) and 240 (25.1%) presented the IHS criteria for migraine. Migraine prevalence was not significantly different between HIOPG and LTG patients (22.8% and 32%, respectively) in this study.
authors.affiliation: Service de Médecine Interne IV, Centre Migraine et Céphalées, Hôpital Louis Mourier, Colombes, France.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pradalier
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hamard
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sellem
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bringer
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008881:Migraine Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015814:Ocular Hypotension / Q000150:complications*; D009885:Ophthalmology; D015995:Prevalence; D011928:Raynaud Disease / Q000150:complications*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires