TY - JOUR
T1 - Dolicho-vertebrobasilar abnormality and migraine-like attacks
AU - Zambrino, Carlo Alberto
AU - Berardinelli, Angela
AU - Martelli, Adelaide
AU - Vercelli, Paola
AU - Termine, Cristiano
AU - Lanzi, Giovanni
PY - 1999/1
Y1 - 1999/1
N2 - This is a study of two children with neuroradiologically diagnosed dolichobasilar anomaly: in both cases, the diagnosis was based on magnetic resonance imaging and magnetic resonance angiography findings. We examined the first child (R., aged 6 years and 8 months) following four episodes of intense pain in the left orbit, lasting between 10 and 30 min and accompanied by photophobia and vomiting. The second child (S., aged 9 years and 2 months), suffering from Marfan's syndrome, was examined following recurrent episodes of intense pain that started above the left orbit, moving to the homolateral orbit after a few minutes. These episodes, which lasted between 20 and 30 min, took place mainly at night and were accompanied by phono-photophobia and vomiting. In both cases, the pain attacks can be interpreted as a result of compression of the root of the trigeminal nerve caused by an arterial malformation.
AB - This is a study of two children with neuroradiologically diagnosed dolichobasilar anomaly: in both cases, the diagnosis was based on magnetic resonance imaging and magnetic resonance angiography findings. We examined the first child (R., aged 6 years and 8 months) following four episodes of intense pain in the left orbit, lasting between 10 and 30 min and accompanied by photophobia and vomiting. The second child (S., aged 9 years and 2 months), suffering from Marfan's syndrome, was examined following recurrent episodes of intense pain that started above the left orbit, moving to the homolateral orbit after a few minutes. These episodes, which lasted between 20 and 30 min, took place mainly at night and were accompanied by phono-photophobia and vomiting. In both cases, the pain attacks can be interpreted as a result of compression of the root of the trigeminal nerve caused by an arterial malformation.
KW - Dolicho-vertebrobasilar anomalies
KW - Magnetic resonance angiography
KW - Magnetic resonance imaging
KW - Migraine
KW - Trigeminal nerve
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U2 - 10.1159/000007991
DO - 10.1159/000007991
M3 - Article
C2 - 9885322
AN - SCOPUS:0032918413
VL - 41
SP - 10
EP - 14
JO - European Neurology
JF - European Neurology
SN - 0014-3022
IS - 1
ER -