Diagnostic criteria require motor symptoms and at least one visual, sensory, or speech symptom, resembling basilar migraine. They may also be associated with cerebellar signs. Investigations MRI features can be suggestive of cortical infarction and edema. Differential diagnosis Differential diagnoses can be: * Todd's paresis * Stroke * Systemic lupus erythematosus * Metabolic disorders * Inherited disorders such as mitochondrial myopathy * Functional neurological disorder
Sporadic hemiplegic migraine
Hemiplegic migraine
Acephalgic migraine
Familial hemiplegic migraine
Mixed tension migraine
Photosensitive epilepsy
Atypical trigeminal neuralgia
Trigeminal neuralgia