International Journal of Medical Research & Health Sciences
  • Year: 2014
  • Volume: 3
  • Issue: 2

Sporadic hemiplegic migraine: A rare presentation in children

1PG Resident, Dept of Paediatrics, Meenakshi Medical College Hospital &Research Institute , Enathur, Kancheepuram, Tamilnadu, India

2Professor and HOD, Dept of Paediatrics, Meenakshi Medical College Hospital &Research Institute , Enathur, Kancheepuram, Tamilnadu, India

3Asst Professor, Dept of Neurology, Meenakshi Medical College Hospital &Research Institute, Enathur, Kancheepuram, Tamilnadu, India

*Corresponding author email: sangavis@gmail.com

Online published on 11 April, 2014.

Abstract

We report a 12 year old girl with a history of migraine presenting with recurrent episodes of hemiparesis preceded by headache, which fulfilled the diagnostic criteria for sporadic hemiplegic migraine in ICHD – 2 [international classification of headache disorders 2].

Keywords

Childhood, headache, migraine, recurrent hemiplegia