Migraine with atypical aura in the recovery room: a sometimes complicated diagnosis!
Migraine is a frequent neurological pathology. However, the diagnosis can be difficult to establish, especially when it is accompanied with an atypical aura that can be confounded with a stroke. We describe a case of 38-yr-old patient who presented just after general anesthesia with a perioperative acute migraine with atypical aura which was wrongly treated as a serious cerebral stroke. The patient had not mentioned migraine in her history before the surgery. This lack of information led to unnecessary therapy.
Pianezza
Antoine
A
Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, University Hospital of Toulouse, University Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France. a.pianezza@wanadoo.fr
Barthélémy
Romain
R
Minville
Vincent
V
Martin
Frédérique
F
Faggianelli
Michel
M
D000328:Adult; D000762:Anesthesia Recovery Period; D000768:Anesthesia, General; D003951:Diagnostic Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D020325:Migraine with Aura / Q000175:diagnosis*; D020521:Stroke / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D019564:Unnecessary Procedures