title: Stroke-like migraine attack after cranial radiation therapy: the SMART syndrome.
abstract: We describe a patient who experienced a prolonged episode of headache, drowsiness, seizure, unilateral weakness, delusion and hallucination due to a stroke-like migraine attack after cranial radiation therapy. Stroke-like migraine attack after radiation therapy (SMART) syndrome is a rare complication of therapeutic brain irradiation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK.
authors.forename: Sue Yin
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.affiliation: Medical High Dependency Unit, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK.
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Brooke
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroradiology, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dineen
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: O'Donoghue
mesh_terms: D006261:Headache; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008881:Migraine Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012640:Seizures; D020521:Stroke / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*
keywords: HEADACHE; SMART syndrome; brain radiotherapy