Migraine and epilepsy

Abstract

Migraine and epilepsy are both characterized by transient attacks of altered brain function with a clinical, pathophysiological, and therapeutic overlap. Furthermore, epilepsy and migraine may mimic each other. In particular, occipital lobe seizures may be easily misinterpreted as migraine with visual aura, although there seems to be several clinical characteristics that can differentiate between visual auras of epileptic and migrainous origin