title: Preictal headache in partial epilepsy.
abstract: The authors studied clinical characteristics in 11 patients with intractable focal epilepsy and preictal headache (PIHA) using a standardized interview. Headache was frontotemporal, ipsilateral to the focus, in nine patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) and contralateral in one with TLE and in one with frontal seizures. Migrainous features were found in four. After surgery, all seven seizure-free patients and two with rare seizures were free of PIHA. It may be a useful lateralizing sign in patients with TLE.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Hospital and Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Yankovsky
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Andermann
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mercho
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Dubeau
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bernasconi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004828:Epilepsies, Partial / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D004833:Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology; D006261:Headache / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008881:Migraine Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests