Frequency of migraine among patients followed at the Epilepsy Clinic of the Hospital das Clinicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Authors

  • Bruno Engler Faleiros
  • Sílvio Roberto de Sousa-Pereira
  • Bernardo Cardoso Pinto Coelho
  • Marilis Tissot Lara
  • Eduardo Jardel Portela
  • Antônio Lúcio Teixeira

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48208/HeadacheMed.2010.6

Keywords:

Migraine, epilepsy, frequency, epidemiology

Abstract

The relationship between migraine and epilepsy is well known for many years. Both conditions are chronic neurologic disorders, occur in paroxistic attacks and present a series of clinical features in common. The objective of the present study was to determine the frequency of migraine among epileptic patients seen in the Epilepsy Clinic of University Hospital of the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil. This is a transversal descriptive study based on the analysis of 554 medical charts from patients evaluated consecutively in one year period. The diagnosis of migraine was recorded in 3.1% of the medical charts. Only gender differed between epileptic patients with and without migraine. The frequency of migraine found in this study is lower than the reported in the literature. Possibly this finding result from the methodology used and/or other factors such as the relative negligence of headache complaint and the use of anti-epileptic drugs, such as valproic acid or topiramate, also effective for migraine
prophylaxis. It is relevant to actively search for the diagnosis of migraine in epileptic patients in order to provide them better
clinical treatment and quality of life.

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Author Biographies

Bruno Engler Faleiros

Acadêmico da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Sílvio Roberto de Sousa-Pereira

Neurologista do Hospital das Clínicas da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Bernardo Cardoso Pinto Coelho

Acadêmico da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Marilis Tissot Lara

Neurologista do Hospital das Clínicas da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Eduardo Jardel Portela

Neurologista do Hospital das Clínicas da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Antônio Lúcio Teixeira

Neurologista do Hospital das Clínicas da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Professor do Departamento de Clínica Médica da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

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Published

2010-03-31

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Faleiros BE, Sousa-Pereira SR de, Coelho BCP, Lara MT, Portela EJ, Teixeira AL. Frequency of migraine among patients followed at the Epilepsy Clinic of the Hospital das Clinicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Headache Med [Internet]. 2010 Mar. 31 [cited 2024 Oct. 16];1(1):21-4. Available from: https://headachemedicine.com.br/index.php/hm/article/view/40

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