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Sergeev A.V.

Chair of biophysical methods in medicine, Faculty of continuing medical education of the Russian University of Peoples’ Friendship;
G.N. Speransky Children's Clinical Hospital №9

Migraine «masks»: differential diagnosis of acute headache

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Sergeev A.V.

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Journal: S.S. Korsakov Journal of Neurology and Psychiatry. 2018;118(1): 96‑102

DOI: 10.17116/jnevro20181181196-102

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MIGRAINE «MASKS»: DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF ACUTE HEADACHE
MIGRAINE «MASKS»: DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF ACUTE HEADACHE

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Sergeev AV. Migraine «masks»: differential diagnosis of acute headache. S.S. Korsakov Journal of Neurology and Psychiatry. 2018;118(1):96‑102. (In Russ.)
https://doi.org/10.17116/jnevro20181181196-102

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Abstract:

Differential diagnosis of migraine, can be difficult, especially of migraine with aura. On the one hand, some diseases can produce symptoms similar to migraine (cerebral aneurysm before rupture, reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome). On the other hand, migraine with aura and some other disorders are conditions that have common pathophysiological mechanisms (e.g., CADASIL and MELAS syndrome, antiphospholipid syndrome). Thirdly, clinical presentations of migraine are often difficult to distinguish from features of other headache conditions (migraine with aura — transient ischemic attack, migraine with visual aura — occipital epilepsy). The author discusses the differential diagnosis of acute headache, especially thunderclap headache, and main strategies of effective treatment of migraine attacks.

Keywords:

migraine
thunderclap headache
reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome
diagnosis
treatment

Authors:

Sergeev A.V.

Chair of biophysical methods in medicine, Faculty of continuing medical education of the Russian University of Peoples’ Friendship;
G.N. Speransky Children's Clinical Hospital №9

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