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Migraine During Infancy

Malvin Cole, MD
Arch Neurol. 1995;52(12):1137-1137. doi:10.1001/archneur.1995.00540360015002
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Migraine is common in childhood, but it is uncommon in the first 2 years of life. We report two cases of migraine that began in children under 18 months of age.

Report of Cases. 

—Case 1.  After a normal birth and development, a few weeks after the age of 1 year, a male infant began to have attacks of "whining, being fussy, and whimpering"; then holding his head, wanting to be held, moving his head back and forth; and then vomiting for a half hour to an hour. That was followed by some more whimpering and then going to sleep for 2 to 3 hours and awakening asymptomatic. At the age of 4 years, he was having headaches every 4 to 6 weeks, lasting for 2 hours. His mother reported that she had headaches without aura but with nausea and vomiting, the headaches lasting for 4 hours at a time.

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Elser JM, Woody RC.  Migraine headache in the infant and young child . Headache . 1990;;30:366-368.
Gowers WR. Migraine: Paroxysmal Headache: A Manual of Diseases of the Nervous System . London, England: J&A Churchill; 1888;;2:777.
Wilson SAK. Neurology . London, England: E Arnold & Co; 1944;;2:1571.
Lance JW. Migraine: The Mechanism and Managements of Headache . London, England: Butterworths; 1969;:88.
Woody RC, Blaw ME.  Ophthalmoplegic migraine in infancy . Clin Pediatr . 1986;; 25:82-84.
Amit R, Benezra D.  Oculomotor ophthalmoplegic migraine in an infant . Headache . 1987;;27:390-391.
Andermann E, Andermann F, Silver K, Levin S, Arnold D.  Benign familial nocturnal alternating hemiplegia of childhood . Neurology . 1994;;44:1812-1814.
Plana JC, Fito AS, Marfa MP, Fernandez-Alvarez E.  Hemiplejia alternante en la infancia: forma de presentacion, evolucion y tratamiento en tres observaciones . Ann Esp Pediatr . 1990;;32:336-338.
Headache Classification Committee of the International Headache Society.  Classification and diagnostic criteria for headache disorders, cranial neuralgias and facial pain . Cephalgia . 1988;;8( (suppl 7) ):22-25.

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