Abstract
Objectives: This study was aimed at investigating the frequency of the visual phenomenon of palinopsia (visual perseveration) in patients with migraine.Methods: We interviewed 63 patients with migraine with aura (MwA), 137 patients with migraine without aura (MwoA) and 226 sex-age-matched healthy control subjects using an ad hoc structured interview/questionnaire. The interview was divided into four classes of variables for statistical testing.Results: Palinopsia occurred in 19/200 patients (9.5%); of them 10/63 had MwA and 9/137 MwoA (14.2% vs 6.6%, chi = 9.7, degrees of freedom = 1, p = 0.002). Patients with palinopsia had a significantly lower migraine attack frequency than those without this visual phenomenon (4.3 ± 0.3 vs 14.4 ± 0.2, z = 7.1, p <0.0001). No healthy control subjects complained of palinopsia according to the structured interview/questionnaire.Discussion: Palinopsia is probably under-diagnosed in patients with migraine. Further investigations are needed to assess whether migraineurs are particularly susceptible to the development of recurrent episodes of visual perseveration.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 999-1004 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Cephalalgia |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue number | 9 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Jul 2011 |
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Keywords
- aura
- migraine
- Palinopsia
- visual hallucinations
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Clinical Neurology
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Palinopsia in patients with migraine : A case-control study. / Belcastro, Vincenzo; Maria Cupini, Letizia; Corbelli, Ilenia; Pieroni, Alessio; D'Amore, Cataldo; Caproni, Stefano; Gorgone, Gaetano; Ferlazzo, Edoardo; Di Palma, Franco; Sarchielli, Paola; Calabresi, Paolo.
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T1 - Palinopsia in patients with migraine
T2 - A case-control study
AU - Belcastro, Vincenzo
AU - Maria Cupini, Letizia
AU - Corbelli, Ilenia
AU - Pieroni, Alessio
AU - D'Amore, Cataldo
AU - Caproni, Stefano
AU - Gorgone, Gaetano
AU - Ferlazzo, Edoardo
AU - Di Palma, Franco
AU - Sarchielli, Paola
AU - Calabresi, Paolo
PY - 2011/7
Y1 - 2011/7
N2 - Objectives: This study was aimed at investigating the frequency of the visual phenomenon of palinopsia (visual perseveration) in patients with migraine.Methods: We interviewed 63 patients with migraine with aura (MwA), 137 patients with migraine without aura (MwoA) and 226 sex-age-matched healthy control subjects using an ad hoc structured interview/questionnaire. The interview was divided into four classes of variables for statistical testing.Results: Palinopsia occurred in 19/200 patients (9.5%); of them 10/63 had MwA and 9/137 MwoA (14.2% vs 6.6%, chi = 9.7, degrees of freedom = 1, p = 0.002). Patients with palinopsia had a significantly lower migraine attack frequency than those without this visual phenomenon (4.3 ± 0.3 vs 14.4 ± 0.2, z = 7.1, p <0.0001). No healthy control subjects complained of palinopsia according to the structured interview/questionnaire.Discussion: Palinopsia is probably under-diagnosed in patients with migraine. Further investigations are needed to assess whether migraineurs are particularly susceptible to the development of recurrent episodes of visual perseveration.
AB - Objectives: This study was aimed at investigating the frequency of the visual phenomenon of palinopsia (visual perseveration) in patients with migraine.Methods: We interviewed 63 patients with migraine with aura (MwA), 137 patients with migraine without aura (MwoA) and 226 sex-age-matched healthy control subjects using an ad hoc structured interview/questionnaire. The interview was divided into four classes of variables for statistical testing.Results: Palinopsia occurred in 19/200 patients (9.5%); of them 10/63 had MwA and 9/137 MwoA (14.2% vs 6.6%, chi = 9.7, degrees of freedom = 1, p = 0.002). Patients with palinopsia had a significantly lower migraine attack frequency than those without this visual phenomenon (4.3 ± 0.3 vs 14.4 ± 0.2, z = 7.1, p <0.0001). No healthy control subjects complained of palinopsia according to the structured interview/questionnaire.Discussion: Palinopsia is probably under-diagnosed in patients with migraine. Further investigations are needed to assess whether migraineurs are particularly susceptible to the development of recurrent episodes of visual perseveration.
KW - aura
KW - migraine
KW - Palinopsia
KW - visual hallucinations
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VL - 31
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JO - Cephalalgia
JF - Cephalalgia
SN - 0333-1024
IS - 9
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