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KMID : 0391520160240040257
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Journal of the Korean Child Neurology Society
2016 Volume.24 No. 4 p.257 ~ p.260
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A Case of Hyperthyroidism Mimicking Pediatric Migraine
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Yang Won-Jun
Chun Sang-Hoon
Oh Yeon-Joung
Lee Kon-Hee
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Abstract
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Migraine is a common neurological disorder that often presents severe headache pain with nausea, vomiting, or sensitivity to light or sound. Children and adolescents with migraine experience drastically impaired quality of life. Therefore early diagnosis and treatments of headache are necessary in addition to accurate differentiation of secondary causes of headache. There are some reports that thyroid dysfunction especially hyperthyroidism may be responsible for producing headache symptoms. We detail a case of 15-year-old boy who was admitted to our hospital due to recurrent episodes of severe headache accompanied by nausea, compatible with the criteria for migraine without aura in the ICHD 3-beta , but finally diagnosed as hyperthyroidism. We further discuss the implications of current research regarding the association between thyroid dysfunction and headache. It is necessary to check the thyroid function tests in the in pediatric patients experiencing unusual headache symptoms.
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KEYWORD
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Hyperthyroidism, Headache, Pediatric migraine, Thyroid dysfunction
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