1.2 Migraine with aura

Previously used terms:

Classic or classical migraine, ophthalmic, hemiparaesthetic, hemiplegic or aphasic migraine, migraine accompagnée, complicated migraine

Coded elsewhere:

13.17 Ophthalmoplegic migraine.

Description:

Recurrent disorder manifesting in attacks of reversible focal neurological symptoms that usually develop gradually over 5 − 20 minutes and last for less than 60 minutes. Headache with the features of migraine without aura usually follows the aura symptoms. Less commonly, headache lacks migrainous features or is ompletely absent.

Diagnostic criteria:

A. At least 2 attacks fulfilling criterion B

B. Migraine aura fulfilling criteria B and C for one of the subforms 1.2.1-1.2.6

C. Not attributed to another disorder

© 2003 International Headache Society (quoted from International Headache Society, 2004)

References

International Headache Society. The International Classification of Headache Disorders, 2nd edition. Cephalalgia 2004; 24 (suppl. 1): 1-160.

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