CLINICAL EVALUATION OF PATIENTS WITH MIGRAINE INDUCED STROKE IN MASHHAD, IRAN
oleh: Kavian Ghandehari, Atena Sharifi, Zeynab Nikbin, Sahar Fadaei, Meysam Aghaei Meybodi, Mehdi Moshfegh, Mohammad Reza Hosseini, Mohammad Reza Gerami Sarabi, Parham Maarufi
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| Diterbitkan: | Vesnu Publications 2010-12-01 |
Deskripsi
<p class="abstract"><strong>Abstract</strong></p> <p class="abstract"><strong> </strong><strong>BACKGROUND:</strong> Migraine Induced Stroke (MIS) is an important cause of brain infarction in the young people.</p> <p class="abstract"><strong> METHODS:</strong><strong> </strong>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.</p> <p class="abstract"><strong> RESULTS:</strong> 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)<strong> </strong></p> <p class="abstract"><strong> </strong><strong>CONCLUSION:</strong> MIS is an important cause of stroke in Persian young adults which have good prognosis.</p> <p class="abstract"> </p><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left"><tbody><tr><td width="35" height="12"> </td></tr><tr><td><br /></td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p class="abstract"> </p> <br /> <p class="abstract"><strong>Keywords:</strong> Migraine, Stroke, Migraine Induced Stroke</p>