Faivre A, La Folie T, Dagain A, Doche E, Curet C, Wybrecht D, Bounolleau P, Alla P
Service de Neurologie, Hôpital d'Instruction des Armées Sainte-Anne, Toulon, France.
Rev Med Brux. 2011 Nov-Dec;32(6):533-5.
Migrainous infarction is a rare ischemic stroke developing during an attack of migraine, which is more prevalent in young woman and preferentially affects the posterior cerebral circulation. The case of a migrainous 35-old patient with patent foramen ovale admitted in neurology department for a typical migrainous infarction is reported and compared with a literature review. Furthermore, this case report highlights the existence of complex epidemiologic and physiopathologic links between cerebral ischemia, migraine and patent foramen ovale.
