A Case Report on Sporadic Hemiplegic Migraine
Enes Tarık Inci *
Department of Neurology, Ankara Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
Bünyamin Tosunoğlu
Department of Neurology, Ankara Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
Tahir Kurtuluş Yoldaş
Department of Neurology, Ankara Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Hemiplegic migraine is a rare form of migraine with aura that causes unilateral weakness. There are two variants of hemiplegic migraine, sporadic and familial. A 46-year-old male patient presented to the emergency department with complaints of weakness and numbness n the right lower and upper extremities. In our patient, brain tomography and diffusion magnetic resonance imaging were found to be normal.
Keywords: Hemiplegic migraine, unilateral weakness, motor symptoms