99m TC HM‐PAO SPECT in Pediatric Migraine
- 1 October 1990
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain
- Vol. 30 (10) , 646-649
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1526-4610.1990.hed3010646.x
Abstract
SYNOPSIS 99m TC HM‐PAO SPECT brain imaging was performed during the headache‐free period in 19 young migraineurs, affected by common migraine (CM, 10 cases), classic migraine (CLM, 6 cases) and hemiplegic migraine (HM, 3 cases). SPECT findings were negative in all 10 patients with CM, in 3 cases of CLM and in 2 cases of HM. Positive findings in the remaining 4 patients (3 cases of CLM and I of HM) showed a decreased tracer distribution in the temporo‐occipital regions (2 cases) and parietal regions (2 cases): the two with decreased temporo‐occipital perfusion reported prodromal symptoms exclusively contralateral to the areas of hypoperfusion. An impaired regional cerebral vascular autoregulation may exist even during headache‐free intervals in patients suffering from classic and hemiplegic migraine.Keywords
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