BASILAR MIGRAINE WITH ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHIC FINDINGS OF OCCIPITAL SPIKE-WAVE COMPLEXES - A LONG-TERM STUDY IN 7 CHILDREN

Basilar migraine is characterized by headache preceded by prodromal sy mptoms and signs of posterior cerebral circulation dysfunction. Few st udies have focused on EEG findings in this condition or on the prognos is of occipital spike-wave complexes observed in either migraine or ep ilepsy. We now report a long-term follow-up (8-16 years) in seven chil dren affected by basilar migraine who had EEG findings of occipital sp ike-wave complexes. Basilar migraine resolved and the EEG became norma l in all subjects during the observation period, as did migraine with aura and seizures which developed in some of the patients after basila r migraine attacks ceased.