© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Aksel Siva and Christian Lampl (eds.)Case-Based Diagnosis and Management of Headache DisordersHeadache10.1007/978-3-319-06886-2_2 2. Migraine with Typical Aura Jes Olesen1   and Elena Lebedeva2 (1) Department of Neurology, Danish Headache Centre, University of Copenhagen,…

© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Aksel Siva and Christian Lampl (eds.)Case-Based Diagnosis and Management of Headache DisordersHeadache10.1007/978-3-319-06886-2_13 13. When Headache Becomes “Troublesome” in a Child: What May Be Behind Chronification of Pediatric Migraine? Vincenzo Guidetti1   and…

Fig. 7.1 (a) Diffusion-weighted image (DWI) 3 weeks after symptom onset does not show acute signs of ischemia anymore, (b) small laminar necrosis in the occipital cortex suggests migrainous infarction…

© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Aksel Siva and Christian Lampl (eds.)Case-Based Diagnosis and Management of Headache DisordersHeadache10.1007/978-3-319-06886-2_12 12. Refractory Chronic Migraine: Therapy with Combined Peripheral Neurostimulation Roberto Arcioni1 and Paolo Martelletti2   (1) Pain Therapy Unit, Department of…

Fig. 8.1 Cerebral MRI scan showing extensive white matter hyperintensities (leukoencephalopathy) and multiple lacunar lesions. The white-matter hyperintensities were located periventricularly and in frontal, parietal, and temporal lobes of both…

Fig. 5.1 Presence of WMHs as indicated by the circle The patient arrived at our Emergency Department (ED) suffering from headache not responding to analgesics and, despite not being positive…

Fig. 17.1 Patient’s drawing of a typical episode of transient visual disturbance. At the start (T = 0 min), the patient noticed an initial change in the centre of his visual fields….

1. Abnormal neurological examination 2. Recent headache of less than 6 months with a progressive course 3. Atypical presentation of headache  Intractable vomiting, headache wakening the child from sleep, vertigo,…

Fig. 11.1 Anatomy of the persistent patent foramen ovale (PFO). The PFO is an open flap that remains in some patients between the right and the left atrium of the…

Fig. 16.1 Late Life Migraine Equivalents (52-year-old man with former migraine: drawings reporting visual phenomena) 16.3.1 Case History Since the age of 11 one-two times per year, the patient has…