Migraine in childhood and adolescence: clinical and laboratory aspects

• Main Authors: Abram Topczewski, Maria Valeriana Leme de Moura Ribeiro
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Instituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa Albert Einstein 2005-03-01
• Series: Einstein (São Paulo)
• Subjects: Headache/diagnosis; Tension headache/diagnosis; Tomography; emission-computed; single-photon; x-ray computed; Child; Adolescent
• Online Access: http://www.einstein.br/revista/biblioteca/artigos/vol3/num_1/Vol3_%20N1_P1.pdf

Objective: To evaluate children and adolescents suffering frommigraine according to their physical examination and laboratorydata and to verify the possible correlation between the clinicalalterations and the imaging exams. Methods: An assessment of25 patients, 18 of whom suffered from migraines and 7 from tensiontype headaches, was obtained with the help of a neuroclinicalexamination. an electroencephalogram, a computerizedtomography of the brain and the single photon emission computedtomography. Results: The electroencephalogram and thecomputerized tomography revealed alterations in 48% of thepatients and the single photon emission computed tomography in44%. It was found that a 40% coincidence existed between theelectroencephalographic and single photon emission computedtomography alterations, which suggested localized neuronaldysfunction. Conclusion: Among the studied population of childrenand adolescents with migraine there was an important coincidencebetween electroencephalographic and the single photon emissioncomputed tomography data.