Red ear syndrome and migraine: report of eight cases.
We describe eight idiopathic cases of red ear syndrome in seven children and one adult. All were migraineurs with a history of paroxysmally painful and red ear, unilateral or alternating, in isolation or associated with migraine attacks. The reported duration of these episodes varied from 30 minutes to 1 hour. Neurologic examination, brain MRI and CT scans, and x-rays of the cervical spine were normal. The close temporal relationship between the "red ear episodes" and migraine attacks suggests an association between the two conditions.
Raieli
Vincenzo
V
Child Headache Center, Division of Child Neuropsychiatry, GF Ingrassia Hospital, Palermo, Italy.
Monastero
Roberto
R
Santangelo
Giuseppe
G
Eliseo
Giovanni Luca
GL
Eliseo
Mario
M
Camarda
Rosolino
R
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004427:Ear Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008881:Migraine Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D010146:Pain / Q000503:physiopathology; D013577:Syndrome