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ArticleChild's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery2019

A singular association of migraine with brainstem aura and Alice in Wonderland syndrome.

Domenico Chirchiglia, Pasquale Chirchiglia, Rosa Marotta

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Article in Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Domenico ChirchigliaDepartment of Neurosurgery, University of Catanzaro, Campus Germaneto, Vle Europa, 88100, Catanzaro, Italy. chirchiglia@unicz.it.
Pasquale ChirchigliaDepartment of Neurosurgery, University of Catanzaro, Campus Germaneto, Vle Europa, 88100, Catanzaro, Italy.
Rosa MarottaDepartment of Neurosurgery, University of Catanzaro, Campus Germaneto, Vle Europa, 88100, Catanzaro, Italy.
Magna Graecia University · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIn this work, we describe an association of brainstem headache with aura (BHA) and Alice in Wonderland syndrome (AIWS) in a 17-year-old male, suffering from crises of vertigo, weakness, dysarthria, and diplopia, in half-hour duration, followed by diffuse or occipital headache, lasting several hours.

methodsThe frequency of the attacks was monthly, and once there was short loss of consciousness. The last episodes were accompanied by symptoms such as deformation of figures and objects, small or large in shape.

resultsDiagnostic examinations were performed, mainly neuroimaging tests such as brain MRI and brain angio-MRI, all resulting normal; and treatment with flunarizine was followed by improvement of both BHA and AIWS symptoms.

conclusionsThere would be a correlation between BHA and AIWS, presumably represented by dysfunction of temporo-parieto-occipital carrefour.

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AdolescentAlice in Wonderland SyndromeAnticonvulsantsBrain StemFlunarizineHumansMaleMigraine with AuraAnticonvulsantsFlunarizineAlice in Wonderland syndromeBrainstem headacheCarrefour region

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