Ictal Headache: A Case Report
Abstract
Migraine and epilepsy are traditionally considered to be unrelated conditions; however, they share pathophysiological mechanisms that could lead to headache associated with seizures or headache as the sole manifestation of epilepsy. We present a case of a 23-year-old female patient with severe headache as the only manifestation of epilepsy, and after multiple treatments without improvement, she underwent an electroencephalogram that showed epileptic activity coincident with the headache. The patient responded positively to oxcarbazepine, confirming the diagnosis of ictal headache. Ictal headache is an infrequent manifestation of epilepsy, primarily in focal seizures, and the diagnosis is often challenging due to the similarity of symptoms with other types of headaches and the difficulty in detecting epileptic discharges during the headache.
How strong is the evidence?
Evidence Hub reads this as a case report, done in people. Its evidence level is 5 of 5 (Very low · case / narrative / animal / in vitro / in silico). Case reports, narrative reviews, and animal, cell or computer-model studies give the weakest evidence for human health.
Read the paper
Related studies
- Calcium Ions in the Physiology and Pathology of the Central Nervous System
- AI-powered in silico twins: redefining precision medicine through simulation, personalization, and predictive healthcare
- In silico functional, structural and pathogenicity analysis of missense single nucleotide polymorphisms in human MCM6 gene
- In Silico drug repurposing pipeline using deep learning and structure based approaches in epilepsy
- Targeting serotonin receptors with phytochemicals – an in-silico study
- In silico exploration of anti-prostate cancer compounds from differential expressed genes
Go deeper in Evidence Hub
Evidence Hub adds a study data sheet (design, sample size, evidence level, key numbers), an AI summary and a chat grounded in the paper's text.