title: Migraine with atypical aura in the recovery room: a sometimes complicated diagnosis!
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, University Hospital of Toulouse, University Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France. a.pianezza@wanadoo.fr
authors.forename: Antoine
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pianezza
authors.forename: Romain
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Barthélémy
authors.forename: Vincent
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Minville
authors.forename: Frédérique
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Faggianelli
mesh_terms: 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