Table 1 Possible differential diagnosis of recurrent hemiplegia
From: Sporadic hemiplegic migraine: report of a case with clinical and radiological features
1 | Transient ischemic attacks and recurrent strokes |
2 | Complex partial seizure with and without secondary generalization (with post-ictal Todd’s palsy) |
3 | One of the migraine with aura subtypes: |
(a) Hemiplegic migraine.(sporadic or familial) | |
(b) Basilar-type migraine | |
(c) Migrainous infarction (complication of migraine) | |
4 | Mitochondrial encephalopathy with lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes (MELAS) syndrome |
5 | Pseudomigraine with lymphocytic pleocytosis with transient neurologic deficits |
6 | Alternating hemiplegia of childhood |