title: Recurrent occipital seizures misdiagnosed as status migrainosus.
abstract: Periictal headache is commonly reported in patients with epilepsy and often exhibits migraine features. Misdiagnosis is frequent since visual seizures may often be misinterpreted as visual aura of migraine. We herein describe a 35-year-old woman with recurrent occipital seizures, clinically presenting with intractable headache. EEG monitoring was crucial in order to reach the correct diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo, Messina, Italy. domenicoitaliano@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Domenico
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Italiano
authors.forename: Rosario
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Grugno
authors.forename: Rocco Salvatore
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Calabrò
authors.forename: Placido
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bramanti
authors.forename: Franco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Di Maria
authors.forename: Edoardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ferlazzo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008881:Migraine Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D009778:Occipital Lobe / Q000503:physiopathology*