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Case Reports
. 2011 Jan;6(1):69-71.
doi: 10.4103/1817-1745.84414.

Childhood steroid-responsive ophthalmoplegic migraine

Mahua Roy  1 , Jagabandhu Ghosh, Sujit Deb, Narayan Pandit
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Case Reports

Childhood steroid-responsive ophthalmoplegic migraine

Mahua Roy et al. J Pediatr Neurosci. 2011 Jan.

Abstract

Ophthalmoplegic migraine (OM) is characterized by recurrent attacks of headache with paresis of ocular cranial nerves. Previously, it was classified as a variant of migraine, but recently, International Headache Classification (IHCD-II) has reclassified OM to the category of neuralgia. Presently, OM is considered a type of recurrent demyelinating cranial neuropathy. We report an adolescent girl with OM, who had been treated with steroid and showed dramatic improvement.

Keywords: Demyelinating cranial neuropathy; migraine; neuralgia; ophthalmoplegia.

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Conflict of Interest: None declared.

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