title: Migraine-associated seizures with recurrent and reversible magnetic resonance imaging abnormalities.
abstract: Migraine and epilepsy are highly comorbid, but the nature of their association remains unclear. Exceptionally, reversible brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) abnormalities following migraine and seizures have been reported. There are no descriptions, however, of patients with recurrent brain MRI changes. We report a patient with repeated episodes of migraine-with-aura-associated seizures (migralepsy) and recurrent and reversible brain MRI abnormalities. Location of the abnormalities was always consistent with the neurologic deficits. The possibility that transient brain MRI abnormalities in a patient with migraine with aura followed by seizures may be due to migralepsy should be borne in mind to avoid misdiagnosis and potentially aggressive procedures.
authors.affiliation: Neurology Service, Galdakao Hospital, Vizcaya, Spain.
authors.forename: Ignacio
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Mateo
authors.forename: Nerea
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Foncea
authors.forename: Iñigo
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Vicente
authors.forename: Marian
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gómez Beldarrain
authors.forename: Juan Carlos
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Garcia-Monco
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D020325:Migraine with Aura / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D012008:Recurrence; D012640:Seizures / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*