classification of migraine
Last edited 11/2020 and last reviewed 01/2023
Migraine is very descriptively categorized in the ICHD-III classification as (1):- Migraine
- Migraine without aura
- Migraine with aura
- Migraine with typical aura
- Typical aura with headache
- Typical aura without headache
- Migraine with brainstem aura
- Hemiplegic migraine
- Familial hemiplegic migraine (FHM)
- Familial hemiplegic migraine type 1 (FHM1)
- Familial hemiplegic migraine type 2 (FHM2)
- Familial hemiplegic migraine type 3 (FHM3)
- Familial hemiplegic migraine, other loci
- Sporadic hemiplegic migraine (SHM)
- Retinal migraine
- Chronic migraine
- Complications of migraine
- Status migrainosus
- Persistent aura without infarction
- Migrainous infarction
- Migraine aura-triggered seizure
- Probable migraine
- Probable migraine without aura
- Probable migraine with aura
- Episodic syndromes that may be associated with migraine
- Recurrent gastrointestinal disturbance
- Cyclical vomiting syndrome
- Abdominal migraine
- Benign paroxysmal vertigo
- Benign paroxysmal torticollis
The most common are common migraines (without aura) and classic migraines ( with aura) (2)
Reference:
- (1) Headache Classification Committee of the International Headache Society (IHS). The international classification of headache disorders, 3rd edition. Cephalalgia 2018; 38: 1-211
- (2) Patient Information Collection.Migraine Headaches: How to Deal with the Pain.American Family Physician 2005; 72: 9