Table 2 Distribution of headache diagnosis on the basis of type of epilepsy
From: Comorbidity between headache and epilepsy in a pediatric headache center
Total N = 56 (%) | Migraine N = 46 (%) | Episodic tension type headache N = 10 (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
Focal cryptogenic epilepsy | 32 (57.1) | 27/32 (84) | 5/32 (16) |
Site determined | 27 | 22/27 | 5/5 |
Frontal | 9 | 6/9 | 3/9 |
Temporo-occipital | 18 | 16/18 | 2/18 |
Site not determined | 5 | 5/27 | 0/5 |
Focal idiopathic epilepsy | 11 (19.7) | 9/11 (82) | 2/11 (18) |
Rolandic | 9 | 7/9 | 2/9 |
Occipital | 2 | 2/2 | 0/2 |
Idiopathic generalized epilepsy | 10 (17.9) | 8/10 (80) | 2/10 (20) |
Isolated unprovoked seizures | 3 (5.3) | 2/3 (67) | 1/3 (33) |