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There are other possible diagnosis for the symptoms seen in migraine with aura. Because migraine with aura involves a range of symptoms other than the typical throbbing head pain or pain on one side of the head, there are other possible ailments that must be ruled out before a diagnosis is made.
Other possible diagnoses include:
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Written by: Otesa Miles / Reviewed by: John-Claude Krusz, PhD, MD | Last review date: November 2010. Click the References Link below for a complete list of references.
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Pattern reversal visual evoked potentials in migraine with aura and migraine aura without headache; Cephalalgia; Shibata; 1998
Migraine aura without headache; Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine; Kunkel 2005
American Heart Association/Stroke Association http://strokeassociation.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4781
http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3064419
Migraine and stroke: Is there a link? Canadian Journal of Diagnosis; Saqqur 2006
Migraine aura without headache; Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine; Kunkel 2005
American Heart Association/Stroke Association http://strokeassociation.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4781
http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3064419
Migraine and stroke: Is there a link? Canadian Journal of Diagnosis; Saqqur 2006
"I had my first migraine when I was 12. I thought I was going blind, the spots in my vision all grouped together and everything went black. The pain was intense and felt like my head would crack open above my right eye." 
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