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Acute striatal necrosis in hemiplegic migraine with de novo CACNA1A mutation.
Headache - 1 Jan 2000
Carreño Oriel, García-Silva María Teresa, García-Campos Óscar, Martínez-de Aragón Ana, Cormand Bru, Macaya Alfons
Abstract excerpt
We report the case of a 9-year-old girl with early-onset developmental delay, chronic ataxia and prolonged hemiplegic migraine episodes bringing about progressive deterioration. Two days into one episode, diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging disclosed unilateral striatal abnormal signal consistent with cytotoxic edema, which evolved into atrophy on follow-up scans. Mutational screen of CACNA1A gene...
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