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Apnoeic spells following general anaesthesia in a patient with familial hemiplegic migraine.

Willson J, Kapur S

Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Russells Hall Hospital, Dudley, West Midlands DY1 2HQ, UK. jeremy@willson.org.uk

Hemiplegic migraine is an unusual variant of migraine, characterised by a temporary hemiparesis or hemiplegia associated with headache. We report a patient with hemiplegic migraine who developed atypical migraine with apnoeic spells, aphasia and hemiparesis following general anaesthesia. We review the clinical features of hemiplegic migraine and the considerations for its anaesthetic management.

Published 16 August 2007 in Anaesthesia, 62(9): 956-8.
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