Abstract
The majority of migraine patients remain undiagnosed or misdiagnosed in Italy (Cevoli et al. 2009). In our experience, many patients affected by migraine self-diagnose it as 'cervical pain syndrome' (CP) assuming cervical spine pathology as the cause.
Highlights
The majority of migraine patients remain undiagnosed or misdiagnosed in Italy (Cevoli et al 2009)
Many patients affected by migraine selfdiagnose it as ‘cervical pain syndrome’ (CP) assuming cervical spine pathology as the cause
ICHDIIIb diagnoses included migraine without aura (n = 30), migraine with aura (1), probable migraine without aura (n = 4), chronic migraine (n = 7), medication overuse headache/chronic migraine (n = 5), tension type headache (n = 2), hemicrania continua (n = 1), no patient presented with a phenotype suggestive of cervicogenic headache. 24 out of 50 patients with CP answered the question ‘who did tell you that these attacks are CP?’ with: general practitioner/medical specialist
Summary
The majority of migraine patients remain undiagnosed or misdiagnosed in Italy (Cevoli et al 2009). Aim To phenotype and classify, in a tertiary referral headache center, the headache types of patients with self-diagnosed CP, and to describe this sample of patients
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