Beware the middle-aged migraine: internal carotid artery dissection mimicking migraine in the emergency department

BMJ Case Rep. 2017 Nov 28:2017:bcr2017221774. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2017-221774.

Authors

Austin Donnelly¹, Brendan Sinnott¹, Ryan Boyle¹, Ian Rennie¹

Affiliation

¹ Emergency Department, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, UK.

No abstract available

Keywords: emergency medicine; headache (including migraines); neuroimaging; radiology.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Carotid Artery Thrombosis / diagnostic imaging*
Carotid Artery, Internal, Dissection / diagnostic imaging*
Computed Tomography Angiography
Diagnostic Errors*
Emergency Service, Hospital
Female
Humans
Middle Aged
Migraine with Aura / diagnosis
Neuroimaging