The few reports that have been published on the current International Classification of Headache Disorders, Second Edition (ICHD-II), criteria for migralepsy and hemicrania epileptica have highlighted the considerable confusion regarding this “hot topic” within both headache and epilepsy classifications (ICHD-II and International League Against Epilepsy [ILAE]). Indeed, the ICHD-II describes a migraine-triggered seizure as a rare event in which a seizure occurs during migraine aura; on the other hand, hemicrania epileptica is described as an “ictal headache” that occurs “synchronously” with a partial seizure. To confuse matters even further, neither the term migralepsy nor the term hemicrania epileptica is included in the currently used ILAE classification. On the basis of both a review of “migralepsy” cases in the literature and 16 additional retrospective multicenter cases, we suggest that the term migraine-triggered seizure or migralepsy be deleted from the ICHD-II classification until unequivocal evidence is provided of its existence, and that the term ictal epileptic headache be introduced into the ILAE classification.

Should "migralepsy" be considered an obsolete concept ? A multicenter retrospective clinical/EEG study and review of the literature / Verrotti, A; Coppola, G; DI FONZO, A; Tozzi, E; Spalice, A; Aloisi, P; Bruschi, R; Iannetti, P; Villa, MARIA PIA; Parisi, Pasquale. - In: EPILEPSY & BEHAVIOR. - ISSN 1525-5050. - STAMPA. - 21:1(2011), pp. 52-59. [10.1016/j.yebeh.2011.03.004]

Should "migralepsy" be considered an obsolete concept ? A multicenter retrospective clinical/EEG study and review of the literature

SPALICE A;IANNETTI P;VILLA, MARIA PIA;PARISI, Pasquale
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2011

Abstract

The few reports that have been published on the current International Classification of Headache Disorders, Second Edition (ICHD-II), criteria for migralepsy and hemicrania epileptica have highlighted the considerable confusion regarding this “hot topic” within both headache and epilepsy classifications (ICHD-II and International League Against Epilepsy [ILAE]). Indeed, the ICHD-II describes a migraine-triggered seizure as a rare event in which a seizure occurs during migraine aura; on the other hand, hemicrania epileptica is described as an “ictal headache” that occurs “synchronously” with a partial seizure. To confuse matters even further, neither the term migralepsy nor the term hemicrania epileptica is included in the currently used ILAE classification. On the basis of both a review of “migralepsy” cases in the literature and 16 additional retrospective multicenter cases, we suggest that the term migraine-triggered seizure or migralepsy be deleted from the ICHD-II classification until unequivocal evidence is provided of its existence, and that the term ictal epileptic headache be introduced into the ILAE classification.
2011
peri-ictal headache; postictal headache ictal; epileptic headache; migraine; epilepsy; migralepsy; hemicrania epileptica; status migrainosus; status epilepticus; epilepsy
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Should "migralepsy" be considered an obsolete concept ? A multicenter retrospective clinical/EEG study and review of the literature / Verrotti, A; Coppola, G; DI FONZO, A; Tozzi, E; Spalice, A; Aloisi, P; Bruschi, R; Iannetti, P; Villa, MARIA PIA; Parisi, Pasquale. - In: EPILEPSY & BEHAVIOR. - ISSN 1525-5050. - STAMPA. - 21:1(2011), pp. 52-59. [10.1016/j.yebeh.2011.03.004]
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