Migrainous infarction involving two different arterial territories: report of two cases.
It is reasonable to speculate that migrainous infarction may develop in different territories of cerebral arteries. However, this condition was rarely reported before. Here we described two patients (one woman, 29 year-old; one man, 47 year-old) with a history of migraine with aura, had ischemic strokes during the migraine attack. The ischemic stroke of the female patient involved the territories of the posterior cerebral and anterior choroidal arteries; whereas the male patient had two episodes of ischemic strokes, involving the territories of the middle and posterior cerebral arteries sequentially. Both patients recovered well during the follow-up periods. We suggest that migrainous infarction can involve different arterial territories.
Department of Neurology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
Sung-Chun
SC
Tang
Jiann-Shing
JS
Jeng
Hon-Man
HM
Liu
Ping-Keung
PK
Yip
D000328:Adult; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006801:Humans; D020244:Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery / Q000473:pathology; D020762:Infarction, Posterior Cerebral Artery / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008881:Migraine Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D012008:Recurrence; D020521:Stroke / Q000473:pathology; D013788:Thalamus / Q000473:pathology