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- Alyx Porter, Jonathan P Gladstone, and David W Dodick.
- University of Toronto, Division of Neurology, 1333 Sheppard Avenue East, Suite 122, M2J 1V1, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
- Curr Pain Headache Rep. 2005 Aug 1; 9 (4): 289-93.
AbstractPatients with migraine are at increased risk for white matter hyperintensities detected on magnetic resonance imaging. The presence of nonspecific white matter hyperintensities may cause uncertainty for physicians and anxiety for patients. The pathophysiology and long-term consequences of these lesions are unknown. Occasionally, white matter lesions in a migraineur may indicate an underlying disease such as cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy (CADASIL), mitochondrial encephalopathy with lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes (MELAS), or central nervous system vasculitis. The ability to distinguish between nonspecific and disease-specific patterns of white matter hyperintensities in migraine sufferers is important for the practicing clinician.
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