Lifetime basilar migraine: a pontine syndrome?
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.
Mishra
Nishant Kumar
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Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Lausanne (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland.
Cereda
Carlo
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Carota
Antonio
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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