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I Mateo1, A Pinedo, M Gómez-Beldarrain
1Servicio de Neurología, Hospital de Galdácano, Vizcaya.
Abstract:
Pseudomigraine with pleocytosis (now referred to as syndrome of transient headache and neurological deficits with cerebrospinal fluid lymphocytosis, IHS ICHD-II code 7.8) is only infrequently accompanied by a confusional state and no cases have been described so far in association with severe agitation. We report on a patient who suffered from two episodes of headache with transient focal neurological deficits that were consistent with pseudomigraine with pleocytosis but that were followed by an intense confusional, agitated state that required admission in the intensive care unit. This possibility should be included in the differential diagnosis of confusional, agitated states.
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