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Stefan Evers1,2
1Department of Neurology, Krankenhaus Lindenbrunn, Coppenbrügge, Germany.
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Martin Luther (1483-1546) reported attacks of headache and of vertigo in his letters and in his lectures. The symptomatology of his headache attacks fulfilled, at least in part, the diagnostic semiological criteria of migraine. However, because we cannot be sure about the time pattern and the exclusion of other disorders that might explain the headache, the diagnosis of migraine is not final. The vertigo attacks sometimes fulfilled the criteria of Ménière's disease. Vertigo also occurred together with headache attacks fulfilling the International Classification of Headache Disorders, 3rd edition criteria for vestibular migraine; however, we do not know exactly the pattern of attack frequency and duration. In summary, it is possible that Martin Luther suffered from attacks of vestibular migraine and had in addition a comorbidity of migraine and Ménière's disease.
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