Transient Cortical Contest Enhancement on CT Scan in MigraineMonte Carlosimulationadsorptionpotential barriersNo abstract is available for this article.doi:10.1111/j.1526-4610.1987.hed2710578.xJean‐Philippe MullerDepartment of Neurology A, France.Alain Destée...
CT scan uses X-rays to show a cross-section your brain, according to the Mayo Clinic. Doctors use these to rule out tumors, brain damage, bleeding, and other conditions that could lead to headaches. Additionally, the International Headache Society6 created diagnostic criteria for both migraine ...
1) Brain imaging techniques and primarily CT-scan should be used in every patient with atypical or complicated migraine to rule out a vascular malformation or brain tumor; 2) angiography, which was extensively used in the 1960's and 1970's, discloses a number of arterial anomalies including ...
A potential "migraine center" in the brainstem has been proposed, based on PET-scan results showing persistently elevated rCBF in the brainstem (ie, periaqueductal gray, midbrain reticular formation, locus ceruleus) even after sumatriptan-produced resolution of headache and related symptoms. These we...
Gastaut JL, Yermenos E, Bonnefoy M, Cross D. Familial hemiplegic migraine: EEG and CT scan of two case. Ann Neurol 10: 392–395, 1981 PubMedCASGoogle Scholar Camfield PR, Metrakos K, Andermann F. Basilar migraine, seizures, and severe epileptiform EEG abnormalities. A relatively benign ...
CT scan.This can help your doctor figure out if your pain is from bleeding, spinal issues, or tumors in or near your head. EEG.An electroencephalogram measures your brain waves. Your neurologist will put electrodes, which are small metal discs, on your scalp. This will help your doctor loo...
A CT scan is an X-ray procedure that combines many X-ray images with the aid of a computer to generate cross-sectional and three-dimensional images of internal organs and structures of the body. A CT scan is a low-risk procedure. Contrast material may be injected into a vein or the sp...
There is no specific test to prove that your headache is actually a migraine. However, your doctor may order a brain MRI or CT scan if you have never had one before. If you have a migraine with unusual symptoms such as weakness, memory problems, or loss of alertness, anEEGmay be neede...
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Not everyone needs a CT scan or MRI to rule out migraine. But to decide who does, doctors ask red-flag questions to see if there might be something more serious going on (like a brain bleed or underlying health condition, for instance). So a doctor will want to know if something happe...