MRI FINDINGS IN A CASE OF OPHTHALMOPLEGIC MIGRAINE

MRI using gadolinium contrast material can demonstrate lesions in cran ial nerves. Tumors and inflammatory lesions have been described.1,2 Th ere is little published information on MRI of cranial nerves in patien ts with migraine headaches with ophthalmoplegia.3 We present a case of ophthalmoplegic migraine with a cranial nerve abnormality which was s ubsequently shown to improve as the patient clinically improved. Impli cations from this finding are discussed in relation to the pathophysio logy of ophthalmoplegic migraine.