TY - JOUR
T1 - Migraine and white matter hyperintensities
AU - Porter, Alyx
AU - Gladstone, Jonathan P.
AU - Dodick, David W.
PY - 2005/8
Y1 - 2005/8
N2 - Patients with migraine are at increased risk for white matter hyperintensities detected on magnetic resonance imaging. The presence of nonspecific white matter hyperintensities may cause uncertainty for physicians and anxiety for patients. The pathophysiology and long-term consequences of these lesions are unknown. Occasionally, white matter lesions in a migraineur may indicate an underlying disease such as cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy (CADASIL), mitochondrial encephalopathy with lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes (MELAS), or central nervous system vasculitis. The ability to distinguish between non-specific and disease-specific patterns of white matter hyperintensities in migraine sufferers is important for the practicing clinician.
AB - Patients with migraine are at increased risk for white matter hyperintensities detected on magnetic resonance imaging. The presence of nonspecific white matter hyperintensities may cause uncertainty for physicians and anxiety for patients. The pathophysiology and long-term consequences of these lesions are unknown. Occasionally, white matter lesions in a migraineur may indicate an underlying disease such as cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy (CADASIL), mitochondrial encephalopathy with lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes (MELAS), or central nervous system vasculitis. The ability to distinguish between non-specific and disease-specific patterns of white matter hyperintensities in migraine sufferers is important for the practicing clinician.
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U2 - 10.1007/s11916-005-0039-y
DO - 10.1007/s11916-005-0039-y
M3 - Review article
C2 - 16004847
AN - SCOPUS:24044492199
SN - 1531-3433
VL - 9
SP - 289
EP - 293
JO - Current pain and headache reports
JF - Current pain and headache reports
IS - 4
ER -