Childhood steroid-responsive ophthalmoplegic migraine

Ophthalmoplegic migraine (OM) is characterized by recurrent attacks of headache with paresis of ocular cranial nerves. Previously, it was classified as a variant of migraine, but recently, International Headache Classification (IHCD-II) has reclassified OM to the category of neuralgia. Presently, OM...

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Published in:Journal of pediatric neurosciences 2011-01, Vol.6 (1), p.69-71
Main Authors: Roy, Mahua, Ghosh, Jagabandhu, Deb, Sujit, Pandit, Narayan
Format: Article
Language:English
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Case Report
Case studies
Children & youth
Diagnosis
Dosage and administration
Drug therapy
Eye
Migraine
Oculomotor paralysis
Paralysis
Steroids
Steroids (Drugs)
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Summary:Ophthalmoplegic migraine (OM) is characterized by recurrent attacks of headache with paresis of ocular cranial nerves. Previously, it was classified as a variant of migraine, but recently, International Headache Classification (IHCD-II) has reclassified OM to the category of neuralgia. Presently, OM is considered a type of recurrent demyelinating cranial neuropathy. We report an adolescent girl with OM, who had been treated with steroid and showed dramatic improvement.
ISSN:1817-1745
1998-3948
DOI:10.4103/1817-1745.84414