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NEUROLOGY 1995;45:1291-1294
© 1995 American Academy of Neurology

Psychogenic basilar migraine

Report of four cases

F. Sanchez-Villasenor, MD, O. Devinsky, MD, B. Hainline, MD, H. Weinreb, MD, D. Luciano, MD and B. Vazquez, MD

From the Department of Neurology, New York University School of Medicine and Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York, NY.

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Orrin Devinsky, Department of Neurology, Hospital for Joint Diseases, 301 East 17th Street, New York, NY 10003.

We discuss four patients with the clinical diagnosis of basilar migraine and suspected coexisting epilepsy who were referred to our epilepsy center. Their symptoms suggested episodic dysfunction in the distribution of the basilar artery, followed by pulsating headache with nausea. Verbal unresponsiveness and sensory symptoms occurred in all four patients; two also had focal paresis or jerking movements. Diagnostic studies excluded other disorders with similar symptoms. None of the patients improved with antimigraine or antiepileptic drugs. Provocation tests with suggestion elicited typical events in three patients and aura and headache in one patient. There were no EEG or ECG abnormalities during spontaneous or provoked episodes. Two patients improved with psychiatric treatment. Conversion disorder or malingering should be considered in patients whose symptoms of basilar migraine are atypical or refractory to treatment.

Received September 26,1994. Accepted in final form November 29, 1994.






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