Bilateral Carotid Dissection Presenting as Status Migrainosus: All That Glitters Is Not Gold

Abstract

We present a patient who was admitted with status migrainosus caused by spontaneous bilateral carotid dissection. Cervical artery dissection commonly presents with headache and neck pain, usually of sudden onset or of different characteristic in patients with a history of primary headache. Occasionally, artery dissection mimics a migraine attack; yet, its presentation as a status migrainosus has not been reported so far.




J Med Cases. 2014;5(9):502-504
doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.14740/jmc1306w