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Archivos de Pediatría del Uruguay
On-line version ISSN 1688-1249
Abstract
MEDICI, Conrado; FRAGA, Valeria; REY, Andrea and SCAVONE, Cristina. Migraña hemipléjica esporádica: a propósito de un caso clínico. Arch. Pediatr. Urug. [online]. 2010, vol.81, n.2, pp.87-90. ISSN 1688-1249.
Headache is a frequent cause of pediatric medical consultation, migraine is the most frecuent child primary headache. Hemiplegic migraine (HM) is a rare subtype of migraine with aura headache, it has two variants: familial (FHM) and sporadic (SHM). It presents with migraine attacks associated with some degree of transient hemiparesia, dysphasic speech or sensitive or sensorial symptoms. We describe a 9 years old girl, healthy, without familial history of HM, with 3 years evolution of migraine headaches that fulfill the International Headache Society`s criteria for SHM. The neurologic examination and laboratory tests were normal. We started prophylaxis treatment with topiramate with good evolution.
Keywords : HEADACHE; HEADACHE DISORDERS, PRIMARY; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; MIGRAINE, WITH AURA.