RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Migraine madness: recurrent psychosis after migraine.
JF Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
JO J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 416
OP 418
DO 10.1136/jnnp.56.4.416
VO 56
IS 4
A1 G N Fuller
A1 A Marshall
A1 J Flint
A1 S Lewis
A1 R J Wise
YR 1993
UL http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/56/4/416.abstract
AB A 69 year old man with longstanding migraine with aura had four episodes of psychosis lasting 7-28 days during a 17 year period. During attacks he had formed visual hallucination and delusions, including reduplicative paramnesia. His mother was similarly affected. His EEG showed symmetrical frontal delta waves. The time course and EEG changes are similar to acute confusional migraine. The reduplicative paramnesia suggests a focal non-dominant hemisphere dysfunction.