relationship between migraine and abnormal eeg findings in children

how to cite this article: nejad biglari h, rezayi a, nejad biglari h, alizadeh m, ahmadabadi f. relationship between migraine and abnormal eeg findings in children. iran j child neurol 2012; 6(3): 21-24. objective migraine is a disabling illness that causes absence from school andaffects the quality of life. it has been stated that headache may representan epileptic event. eeg abnormality is a prominent finding in children with migraine. the aim of this study was to evaluate eeg abnormalities in children with migraine. materials & methods two-hundred twenty-eight children were enrolled into the study. evaluation and following of cases was performed by one physician, paraclinical tests were used to increase the accuracy. the study wasconducted under the supervision of pediatric neurology masters and theselected cases were from different parts of the country. results comparing eeg abnormalities in different types of migraine revealed that there is an association between them. there was also a significant difference between eeg abnormalities in different types of aura. migraine type was associated with the patient’s age. sleep disorders were more common in patients with a positive family history of seizure. conclusion our study disclosed migraine as a common problem in children with abnormalities present in approximately 20% of the patients. migraine and abnormal eeg findings are significantly associated. references ottman, r, lipton rb, comorbidity of migraine and epilepsy. neurology 1994 nov;44(11):2105-10. haut sr, bigal me, lipton rb. chronic disorders with episodic manifestations: focus on epilepsy and migraine.lancet neurol 2006 feb;5(2):148-57. piccinelli p, borgatti r, nicoli f, calcagno p, bassi mt,quadrelli m et al. relationship between migraine and epilepsy in pediatric age. headache 2006 mar;46(3):413-21. hauser wa, annegers jf, anderson ve. epidemiology and the genetics of epilepsy. res publ assoc res nerv ment dis 1983;61:267-94. yankovsky ae, andermann f, bernasconi a.characteristics of headache associated with intractable partial epilepsy. epilepsia 2005 aug;46(8):1241-5. the international classification of headache disorders:2nd edition. cephalalgia 2004; 24 suppl 1:9-160. forderreuther s, henkel a, noachtar s, straube a. headache associated with epileptic seizures:epidemiology and clinical characteristics. headache 2002 jul-aug;42(7):649-55. lewis dw, diamond s, scott d, jones v. prophylactic treatment of pediatric migraine. headache 2004 mar;44(3):230-7. holguin j, fenichel g. migraine. j pediatrics 1967 feb;70(2):290-7. chu ml, shinnar s. headaches in children younger than7 years of age. arch neurol 1992 jan;49(1):79-82. friedman e, pampiglione g. recurrent headache inchildren (a clinical and electroencephalographic study).arch neurobiol 1974;37 suppl:115-76. kramer u, nevo y, neufeld my, harel s. the valueof eeg in children with chronic headaches. brain dev1994 jul-aug;16(4):304-8. schon f, blau jn. post-epileptic headache and migraine.j neurol neurosurg psychiatry 1987 sep;50(9):1148-52.