RT Journal Article
T1 Clinical Features of Headache in Patients With Diagnosis of Definite Vestibular Migraine: The VM-Phenotypes Projects.
A1 Teggi, Roberto
A1 Colombo, Bruno
A1 Albera, Roberto
A1 Asprella Libonati, Giacinto
A1 Balzanelli, Cristiano
A1 Batuecas Caletrio, Angel
A1 Casani, Augusto P
A1 Espinosa-Sanchez, Juan Manuel
A1 Gamba, Paolo
A1 Lopez-Escamez, Jose A
A1 Lucisano, Sergio
A1 Mandalà, Marco
A1 Neri, Giampiero
A1 Nuti, Daniele
A1 Pecci, Rudi
A1 Russo, Antonio
A1 Martin-Sanz, Eduardo
A1 Sanz, Ricardo
A1 Tedeschi, Gioacchino
A1 Torelli, Paola
A1 Vannucchi, Paolo
A1 Comi, Giancarlo
A1 Bussi, Mario
K1 Vestibular Migraine
K1 clinical diagnosis
K1 headache
K1 migraine
K1 vertigo
K1 vestibular disorders
AB Migraine is a common neurological disorder characterized by episodic headaches with specific features, presenting familial aggregation. Migraine is associated with episodic vertigo, named Vestibular Migraine (VM) whose diagnosis mainly rely on clinical history showing a temporary association of symptoms. Some patient refers symptoms occurring in pediatric age, defined "episodic symptoms which may be associated with migraine." The aim of this cross sectional observational study was to assess migraine-related clinical features in VM subjects. For the purpose, 279 patients were recruited in different centers in Europe; data were collected by a senior neurologist or ENT specialist through a structured questionnaire. The age of onset of migraine was 21.8 ± 9. The duration of headaches was lower than 24 h in 79.1% of cases. Symptoms accompanying migrainous headaches were, in order of frequency, nausea (79.9%), phonophobia (54.5%), photophobia (53.8%), vomiting (29%), lightheadedness (21.1%). Visual or other auras were reported by 25.4% of subjects. A familial aggregation was referred by 67.4%, while migraine precursors were reported by 52.3% of subjects. Patients reporting nausea and vomiting during headaches more frequently experienced the same symptoms during vertigo. Comparing our results in VM subjects with previously published papers in migraine sufferers, our patients presented a lower duration of headaches and a higher rate of familial aggregation; moreover some common characters were observed in headache and vertigo attacks for accompanying symptoms like nausea and vomiting and clustering of attacks.
SN 1664-2295
YR 2018
FD 2018-06-05
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10668/26371
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10668/26371
LA en
DS RISalud
RD Apr 11, 2025