We herein report a 47-year-old woman who developed migraine-like headache with aura and subsequent multiple cerebral infarcts, likely due to severe iron deficiency anemia (IDA) from menorrhagia. The progression from IDA to ischemic stroke involves several pathophysiological mechanisms, including reduction of erythrocyte deformability, reactive thrombocytosis, and anemic hypoxia. We speculate that a microembolus first caused cortical spreading depression without infarcts and that a larger thromboembolus then caused multiple infarcts. This case highlights the transition from migraine-like headache to ischemic stroke. New-onset migraine-like headache is a warning of impending ischemic stroke, and IDA may be a potential underlying cause.
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