Clinical evaluation of patients with migraine induced stroke in mashhad, iran

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

Clinical evaluation of patients with migraine induced stroke in mashhad, iran

ARYA Atheroscler. 2010 Fall;6(3):90-3.

Authors

Kavian Ghandehari¹, Atena Sharifi, Zeynab Nikbin, Sahar Fadaei, Meysam Aghaei Meybodi, Mehdi Moshfegh, Mohammad Reza Hosseini, Mohammad Reza Gerami Sarabi, Parham Maarufi

Affiliation

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

PMID: 22577422
PMCID: PMC3347820

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; Migraine Induced Stroke; Stroke.