vascular headaches/asthenia

We describe seven patients with vascular headaches. Five of them had cluster headaches, which were preceded by migrainous scotamata (two patients), weakness contralateral to the pain (one), accompanied by ipsilateral photopsias (one), or by contralateral paresthesias (one). The other two patients

OBJECTIVE To demonstrate a direct operative approach to vascular lesions of the internal carotid artery (ICA) at the level of the skull base. METHODS Between January 1993 and October 1999, five patients underwent lateral skull base resection with cervical-to-petrous carotid artery saphenous vein

Isolated oculomotor nerve palsy is an unusual finding in the pediatric patient. Third nerve weakness is a rare complication of vascular headaches, and there are few reported cases of so-called ophthalmoplegic migraine (OM) in young children. Recently we have seen a 12-month-old girl with OM that