[Headaches and acute hemiplegia of nonvascular origin: two cases].
BACKGROUND
Acute hemiplegia with headaches does not always have a vascular origin.


METHODS
We describe two cases with headaches that included motor weakness symptoms. One patient had sporadic hemiplegic migraines. The second met the diagnosis criteria for a transient syndrome with headache, neurological deficits and cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis.


CONCLUSIONS
These two case reports demonstrate the diagnostic difficulty that can be associated with acute motor weakness. A nonvascular origin should always be considered to prevent treatment errors, especially in the differential diagnosis of stroke.
Barroso
Bruno
B
Service de Neurologie, Centre Hospitalier François Mitterrand, Pau. bruno.barroso@ch-pau.fr
Bertandeau
Eric
E
Dakar
Alexandre
A
Larrieu
Jean-Marc
JM
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