Intercalated seizure

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title: "Intercalated seizure" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["migraine", "seizure-types"] description: "Migraine-triggered epilepsy" topic_path: "general/migraine" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercalated_seizure" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Migraine-triggered epilepsy ::

An intercalated seizure is an epileptic seizure that occurs during the aura stage of a migraine. It has been found, in some cases, that this type of seizure is instigated by the migraine preceding it, coining the term "migraine-triggered seizure". In order to be considered such, the victim must have already had certified migraines with aura and a seizure must occur within one hour after the beginning of the aura. The neurological condition that combines migraines with epileptic seizures is known as migralepsy.

References

References

1. [https://books.google.com/books?id=1MrXU8PRuCMC&dq=%22intercalated+seizure%22&pg=PA97 "Headache and migraine in childhood and adolescence" - Google Books]
2. [https://books.google.com/books?id=QmXkWzTTZjcC&dq=%22intercalated+seizure%22&pg=PA230 "Migraine and other headache disorders" - Google Books]

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