Is Migraine with Unilateral Motor Symptoms (MUMS) a diagnostic entity worth considering in patients with migraine and other associated symptoms?

I do not think so. It is not a part of the ICHD-3 criteria. If a patient with migraine disorder presents with weakness, it is possible that the weakness/motor symptoms are symptoms of migraine disorder. There is a diagnostic classification for such a patient already in the ICHD-3 criteria, which wou...

I think it is definitely worth considering. In my experience, the unilateral motor symptoms (especially weakness) do occur in relationship with migraine attacks with a frequency that far exceeds true hemiplegic migraine (HM). Often with a very long duration, often not meeting criteria for HM, and mo...