ARYA Atherosclerosis Journal

CLINICAL EVALUATION OF PATIENTS WITH MIGRAINE INDUCED STROKE IN MASHHAD, IRAN

Document Type : Original Article(s)

Authors

Kavian Ghandehari 1
Atena Sharifi 2
Zeynab Nikbin 2
Sahar Fadaei 2
Meysam Aghaei Meybodi 2
Mehdi Moshfegh 2
Mohammad Reza Hosseini 2
Mohammad Reza Gerami Sarabi 3
Parham Maarufi 4

1 MD, Professor of Cerebrovascular Disease, Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

2 MD, Resident of Neurology, Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

3 Stroke Researcher, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.

4 MD, Stroke Researcher, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.

Abstract
Abstract    BACKGROUND: Migraine Induced Stroke (MIS) is an important cause of brain infarction in the young people.    METHODS: Consecutive patients with MIS admitted in Ghaem hospital, Mashhad during 2006-2010 enrolled a prospective clinical study. All of the patients suspected to MIS had brain MRI with a 0.5 Tesla generation, Philips NT Intra, Netherland. All of the MIS patients underwent a standard battery of diagnostic investigations for detecting etiology of stroke. Disability of MIS patients was detected based on the modified Rankin scale at 90 days post stroke.    RESULTS: 32 MIS patients (18 females, 14 males) with mean age 37.2 ± 3.8 years ranged 15-58 years were evaluated. Hypodense area of infarction corresponding to clinical manifestations was detected in MRI in 32% of our MIS patients. The mean disability score in our MIS patients was 1.09 ± 0.32, which is significantly lower than other stroke patients (z = 2.55, P = 0.007)     CONCLUSION: MIS is an important cause of stroke in Persian young adults which have good prognosis.       Keywords: Migraine, Stroke, Migraine Induced Stroke
ARYA Atherosclerosis Journal
Volume 6, Issue 3 - Serial Number 3
November and December 2010
Pages 90-92

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