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01-12-2015 | Poster presentation
P051. Olfactory migrainous hallucinations: a typical aura manifestation?
Authors:
Matteo Bellamio, Federico Mainardi, Giulia Toldo, Giorgio Zanchin, Ferdinando Maggioni
Published in:
The Journal of Headache and Pain
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Special Issue 1/2015
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Excerpt
Although olfactory hallucination or phantosmia could occur in several neurological and non-neurological conditions, olfactory migrainous hallucination (OMH) is a rare and probably underestimated phenomenon, involving about 0.1% of migraine patients[
1], and not considered among the migrainous aura manifestations according to the International Classification of Headache Disorders, 3
th edition (ICHD-III beta version)[
2]. Very few clinical studies on the topic have been published[
3]; therefore, the clinical characterization of OMH is still lacking. …