Paroxysmal hemicrania with visual aura in a 17-year-old boy

Headache. 2009 Apr;49(4):607-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2008.01252.x.

Abstract

We report the case of a 17-year-old boy presenting with a history of recurrent episodes of isolated visual aura later followed infrequently by indomethacin-responsive headache attacks resembling paroxysmal hemicrania.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / therapeutic use
  • Epilepsy / complications*
  • Humans
  • Indomethacin / therapeutic use
  • Male
  • Paroxysmal Hemicrania / complications*
  • Vision, Ocular*

Substances

  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal
  • Indomethacin