Migraine auras
Evidence-based neurology checklist on migraine auras: General aura features Auras occur in about a third of people with migraine They may also occur with or after the headache They may be associated with sensory and motor symptoms Speech impairment may manifest as aphasia Visual auras are visible…
General aura features
- Auras occur in about a third of people with migraine
- They may also occur with or after the headache
- They may be associated with sensory and motor symptoms
- Speech impairment may manifest as aphasia
- Visual auras are visible even with the eyes shut
- The mean attack frequency is 12 per year
Classification of auras by duration
Scintillating scotomas
Other visual aura types
Associated visual phenomena
Differential diagnoses: stroke
Differential diagnoses: others
Prophylactic treatment
Treatment of migraine aura status
References
- van Dongen RM, Haan J. Symptoms related to the visual system in migraine. F1000Res 2019; pii: F1000 Faculty Rev-1219.
- Fandler-Höfler S, Enzinger C, Gattringer T. Speechless from pain: migraine with prolonged aura. Lancet 2020; 396:e11.
- Detsky ME, McDonald DR, Baerlocher MO, Tomlinson GA, McCrory DC, Booth CM. Does this patient with headache have a migraine or need neuroimaging? JAMA 2006; 296:1274-1283.
- Angus-Leppan H, Caulfield A. Orgasmic migraine aura: report of two cases. Cephalalgia 2018:333102418771373.
- Rodríguez-Castro E, Lagorio AN, Bejarano-García A, Aguiar P, Cortés J, Leira R. Prolonged migraine stuttering aura: structural, functional, and video neuroimaging study of an atypical migraine aura. a case Report. Headache 2020; 60:776-780.
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