Ictal epileptic headache mimicking status migrainosus: EEG and DWI-MRI findings

Headache. 2011 Jan;51(1):160-2. doi: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2010.01709.x.

Abstract

We report a case of a patient with status migrainosus unresponsive to analgesic therapy in whom electroencephalographic recording revealed an epileptic origin. Intravenous administration of lorazepam induced the prompt resolution of the symptoms.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anticonvulsants / therapeutic use
  • Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Electroencephalography
  • Epilepsy / complications*
  • Epilepsy / drug therapy
  • Female
  • Headache / drug therapy
  • Headache / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Lorazepam / therapeutic use
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Migraine Disorders / diagnosis*
  • Seizures / complications*
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Anticonvulsants
  • Lorazepam