Computerised axial tomography in patients with severe migraine: a preliminary report

Patients suffering from severe migraine, usually for many years, have been examined by the EMI scanner between attacks. Judged by criteria validated originally by comparison with pneumoencephalography, about half of the patients showed evidence of cerebral atrophy. Perhaps of more significance than...

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Published in:Journal of neurology, neurosurgery and psychiatry neurosurgery and psychiatry, 1976-10, Vol.39 (10), p.990-994
Main Authors: Hungerford, G D, du Boulay, G H, Zilkha, K J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Atrophy
Brain - pathology
Brain Diseases - diagnostic imaging
Brain Edema - complications
Brain Edema - diagnostic imaging
Cerebral Angiography
Ergot Alkaloids - therapeutic use
Female
Humans
Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis - complications
Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis - diagnostic imaging
Male
Migraine Disorders - complications
Migraine Disorders - diagnostic imaging
Migraine Disorders - drug therapy
Migraine Disorders - pathology
Pneumoencephalography
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Summary:Patients suffering from severe migraine, usually for many years, have been examined by the EMI scanner between attacks. Judged by criteria validated originally by comparison with pneumoencephalography, about half of the patients showed evidence of cerebral atrophy. Perhaps of more significance than generalised atrophy was the frequency of areas of focal atrophy and of evidence of infarction.
ISSN:0022-3050
1468-330X
DOI:10.1136/jnnp.39.10.990