title: Susceptibility-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings of Two Pediatric Migraine Patients with Aura.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Migraine with aura is considered common during the pediatric age and in some cases it could be hard to distinguish migraine from mimicking conditions. We would like to emphasize the role of susceptibility-weighted imaging (SWI) in pediatric migraine patients with aura.
  
  
  METHODS
  We retrospectively reviewed the clinical and SWI findings of two pediatric migraine patients with aura.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Initial SWI of two pediatric migraine patients with aura demonstrated venous conspicuity in the left cerebral hemisphere and follow-up SWI of them showed normal findings with symmetrical venous vasculature.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Beyond routine work-up techniques, SWI in combination with diffusion-weighted imaging is helpful for differentiation from acute ischemic stroke, especially in the setting of acephalgic migraine. Multimodality imaging may also be helpful in elucidating the underlying pathophysiologic mechanisms of migraine in the pediatric age group.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Hacettepe University, Sihhiye, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Rahsan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gocmen
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Neurology, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ceren
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gunbey
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ethem Murat
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Arsava
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Hacettepe University, Sihhiye, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Kader Karli
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Oguz
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Neurology, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Goknur
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Haliloglu
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D038524:Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D020325:Migraine with Aura / Q000175:diagnosis*