title: [Controversy surrounding the term 'retinal migraine'].
abstract: The term 'retinal migraine' is probably often wrongly applied. The primary reason for this is a confusion of nomenclature. No consensus exists in the neurological and ophthalmological literature on the diagnosis of 'retinal migraine'. A diagnosis of 'retinal migraine' should be avoided if no typical migraine headache is experienced following the visual symptoms. It is also a matter of debate whether retinal migraine can lead to permanent visual loss. If a patient complains of monocular visual loss, he or she may in fact have hemianopia.
authors.affiliation: Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum, afd. Neurologie, Leiden, the Netherlands. jhaan@rijnland.nl
authors.forename: Joost
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Haan
authors.forename: Helen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: van Santbrink
authors.forename: Michel D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Ferrari
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006423:Hemianopsia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008881:Migraine Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D012171:Retinal Vessels / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014661:Vasoconstriction