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. 1990 Oct;30(10):646-9.
doi: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.1990.hed3010646.x.

99mTc HM-PAO SPECT in pediatric migraine

P A Battistella  1 , R Ruffilli, F Dalla Pozza, I Pitassi, G L Casara, C Boniver, A Suppiej, B Bendagli, A Condini
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99mTc HM-PAO SPECT in pediatric migraine

P A Battistella et al. Headache. 1990 Oct.

Abstract

99mTC HM-PAO SPECT brain imaging was performed during the headache-free period in 19 young migraineurs, affected by common migraine (CM, 10 cases), classic migraine (CLM, 6 cases) and hemiplegic migraine (HM, 3 cases). SPECT findings were negative in all 10 patients with CM, in 3 cases of CLM and in 2 cases of HM. Positive findings in the remaining 4 patients (3 cases of CLM and 1 of HM) showed a decreased tracer distribution in the temporo-occipital regions (2 cases) and parietal regions (2 cases): the two with decreased temporo-occipital perfusion reported prodromal symptoms exclusively contralateral to the areas of hypoperfusion. An impaired regional cerebral vascular autoregulation may exist even during headache-free intervals in patients suffering from classic and hemiplegic migraine.

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