title: Lifetime basilar migraine: a pontine syndrome?
abstract: We describe the clinical and radiological findings of an 82-year-old woman patient with basilar type migraine attacks occurring over 70 years with a similar pattern of intensity and symptoms. We provide some evidence to suggest that gradual development of calcifications in the pontine tegmental nuclei can trigger attacks of basilar type migraine.
authors: Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Lausanne (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland.
authors: Nishant Kumar
authors: NK
authors: Mishra
authors: Carlo
authors: C
authors: Cereda
authors: Antonio
authors: A
authors: Carota
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000150:complications*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D020325:Migraine with Aura / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D011903:Raphe Nuclei / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed