EHMTI-0049. Headache, migraine and epileptic seizures

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There are different possible temporal associations between epileptic seizures andheadache attacks wich have given rise to uncleare or controversal terminologies. Migraine endepilepsy have common pathophysichologic mechanisms and share essential anddefining attributes which distinguish them from other common neurologicaldisorders. They are both characterized by paroxysmal symptoms and episodic disorders. Occipital lobe to be thebrain structures most responsible for development of migraine and occipitallobe epilepsies Both are characterized by visual symptoms followed by headacheand other autonomic symptoms. Recognition of headache as an epilepticmanifestation per se still represents a challenge. …