P050. Migrainous aura: when to worry?

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Migraine with aura (MA) is a common disorder affecting about 30% of migrainous patients[1]. MA is codified in the ICHD-III classification[2] and typical auras are known and easily recognized in particular by patients chronically suffering of MA. Sometimes even these patients present to the Emergency Department (ED) because their auras are different from usual. The more frequent causes are abnormal prolongation, increased frequency of recurrence or the developing of new symptoms, particularly in patients that presented in the past only visual auras. Generally these conditions are not dangerous, but ambiguous situations may occur, with the possibility of considering as trivial a potentially serious disorder, as in our patient. …