Sugiyama Nobuyoshi, Hamano Shin-ichiro, Tanaka Manabu, Mochizuki Mika, Nara Takahiro
Division of Neurology, Saitama Children's Medical Center, Iwatsuki, Saitama.
No To Hattatsu. 2002 Nov;34(6):533-7.
We reported the MRI findings and clinical course of two patients with ophthalmoplegic migraine. Both patients presented with unilateral oculomotor nerve palsy. Contrast enhanced MR imaging revealed unilateral enhancement and thickening of the oculomotor nerve in one patient. Prednisolone was effective in both patients, but only could transiently. On the other hand, cyproheptadine hydrochloride could completely prevent recurrent attacks of ophthalmoplegic migraine. Thus, MR imaging with of contrast enhancement is useful in the diagnosis of ophthalmoplegic migraine. Cyproheptadine hydrochloride is better than prednisolone to prevention recurrent attacks and to avoid adverse effects.
