Journal
CEPHALALGIA
Volume 37, Issue 10, Pages 979-989Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1177/0333102416657147
Keywords
Migraine with aura; aura symptoms; characteristic; feature; visual; sensory
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- Italian Ministry of Health
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Background: A detailed evaluation of migraine aura symptoms is crucial for classification issues and pathophysiological discussion. Few studies have focused on the detailed clinical aspects of migraine aura. Methods: We conducted a prospective diary-based study of migraine aura features including presence, quality, laterality, duration of each aura symptom, their temporal succession; presence of headache and its temporal succession with aura. Results: Seventy-two patients completed the study recording the characteristics of three consecutive auras (n = 216 auras). Visual symptoms occurred in 212 (98%), sensory symptoms in 77 (36%) and dysphasic symptoms in 22 (10%). Most auras had more than one visual symptom (median 2, IQR 1-3, range 1-4). The majority of patients (56%) did not report a stereotyped aura on the three attacks with respect to visual features, the combination and/ or temporal succession of the three aura symptoms. Fifty-seven percent of patients also reported a different scenario of temporal succession between aura and headache in the three attacks. Five per cent of aura symptoms were longer than four hours. Conclusion: These findings show a high inter-and intravariability of migraine with aura attacks. Furthermore, they provide reliable data to enrich and clarify the spectrum of the aura phenotype.
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