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Acephalgic migraine — (also called acephalalgic migraine, migraine aura without headache, amigrainous migraine, isolated visual migraine and optical migraine) is a neurological syndrome. It is a relatively uncommon variant of migraine in which the patient may… … Wikipedia
Scintillating scotoma — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = Example of a scintillating scotoma, as may be caused by cortical spreading depression. DiseasesDB = ICD10 = ICD10|H|53|1|h|53 ICD9 = ICD9|368.12 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = neuro… … Wikipedia
migraine — A symptom complex occurring periodically and characterized by pain in the head (usually unilateral), vertigo, nausea and vomiting, photophobia, and scintillating appearances of light. Classified as classic m., common m., cluster headache,… … Medical dictionary
migraine aura — The term migraine comes from the Old English megrim, which is in turn indebted to the Greek noun hèmikranion (meaning half the skull). The introduction of the term hèmikranion is attributed to the classical physician Galen of Pergamum, born as … Dictionary of Hallucinations
