1849 Chronic Periumbilical Abdominal Pain: Abdominal Migraine in an Adult

Abdominal migraine is one of the causes for chronic and recurrent abdominal pains, characterised by recurrent episodes and paroxysms of moderate to severe abdominal pain. Here, we share a case of recurrent severe abdominal pain in a 9-year-old girl who was treated over a period of three months for giardiasis, chronic appendicitis and H. pylori infection, in that order. However, after she was correctly diagnosed with abdominal migraine and accordingly treated with drugs used for the treatment of migraine headaches such as propranolol, flunarizine, cyproheptadine and ergotamine tartrate, she responded well to this regimen.

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Adult Abdominal Migraine Improved by OnabotulinumtoxinA Injections

Case Reports in Neurology ◽

10.1159/000519126 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 656-659

Author(s):

Neal Hermanowicz

Keyword(s):

Abdominal Pain ◽

Chronic Migraine ◽

Gastrointestinal Symptoms ◽

Recurrent Abdominal Pain ◽

Sustained Improvement ◽

Abdominal Migraine ◽

Migraine Headaches ◽

Abdominal Symptoms ◽

Childhood Disorder

Abdominal migraine is often regarded as a childhood disorder and less commonly described in adults. However, gastrointestinal symptoms are known to occur to adult migraine patients, and recognition of adult abdominal migraine may facilitate treatment of the recurrent abdominal symptoms and avoidance of unproductive and sometimes invasive therapies. Here, I describe a patient with chronic migraine headaches and recurrent abdominal pain both of which showed sustained improvement after treatment with onabotulinumtoxinA injections.

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Abdominal migraine: A cause of abdominal pain in adults?

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology ◽

10.1111/j.1440-1746.1992.tb00964.x ◽

1992 ◽

Vol 7 (2) ◽

pp. 210-213 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

D. E. LONG ◽

S. C. JONES ◽

N. BOYD ◽

J. ROTHWELL ◽

A. D. CLAYDEN ◽

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Keyword(s):

Abdominal Pain ◽

Abdominal Migraine

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Abdominal Migraine, another Cause of Abdominal Pain in Adults

Journal of Emergency Medicine ◽

10.1016/j.jemermed.2013.01.008 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 44 (3) ◽

pp. 731-732

Author(s):

Elaine Reno

Keyword(s):

Abdominal Pain ◽

Abdominal Migraine

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Abdominal migraine in the differential diagnosis of acute abdominal pain

The American Journal of Emergency Medicine ◽

10.1016/j.ajem.2014.12.066 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 33 (6) ◽

pp. 864.e3-864.e5 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Gianfranco Cervellin ◽

Giuseppe Lippi

Keyword(s):

Differential Diagnosis ◽

Abdominal Pain ◽

Acute Abdominal Pain ◽

Abdominal Migraine

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The child with recurrent abdominal pain: is it abdominal migraine?

British Journal of Hospital Medicine ◽

10.12968/hmed.2007.68.sup7.23987 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 68 (Sup7) ◽

pp. M110-M113 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

George Russell ◽

David NK Symon ◽

Ishaq A Abu-Arafeh

Keyword(s):

Abdominal Pain ◽

Recurrent Abdominal Pain ◽

Abdominal Migraine

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Abdominal Migraine: A Childhood Syndrome Defined

Cephalalgia ◽

10.1046/j.1468-2982.1986.0604223.x ◽

1986 ◽

Vol 6 (4) ◽

pp. 223-228 ◽

Cited By ~ 65

Author(s):

David NK Symon ◽

George Russell

Keyword(s):

Abdominal Pain ◽

Family History ◽

Diagnostic Criteria ◽

Recurrent Abdominal Pain ◽

Nausea And Vomiting ◽

Degree Relative ◽

Migraine Therapy ◽

Abdominal Migraine ◽

History Of ◽

Marked Relief

It has long been recognized that some cases of recurrent abdominal pain in children are related to migraine, but the diagnostic criteria for abdominal migraine have not been defined. We have identified a group of children with recurrent abdominal pain who had a family history of migraine—in over half the cases in a first-degree relative—and who obtained marked relief from their symptoms from specific anti-migraine therapy. These children had a well-defined syndrome comprising episodes of midline abdominal pain of sufficient severity to interfere with normal activities and lasting for prolonged periods, frequently accompanied by pallor, headache, anorexia, nausea, and vomiting. It is proposed that these children have “abdominal migraine”.

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