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Intracranial
- Migraine
- Cluster headache
- Subarachnoid hemorrhage
- Meningitis
- Brain abscess
- Temporal (giant cell) arteritis
- Hypertension
- Caffeine, alcohol, or drug withdrawal
- Pseudotumor cerebri
- Subdural hemorrhage
- Cerebral ischemia
- Arterial dissection (carotid or vertebral)
- Arteriovenous malformation
- Head injury
- Neurocysticercosis
- Venous sinus thrombosis (intracranial venous thrombosis)
- Post-lumbar puncture
- Carbon monoxide poisoning
- Preeclampsia
Extracranial
- Tension headache
- Sinusitis
- Cervical arthritis
- Glaucoma
- Refractive error
- Dental abscess
- Otitis media
- Temporomandibular joint syndrome
- Depression
- Somatoform disorder (eg, somatization)
- Trigeminal neuralgia
- Glossopharyngeal neuralgia
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Last updated: December 1, 2014
Citation
Zeiger, Roni F.. "Headache." Diagnosaurus, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2014. Emergency Central, emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114808/all/Headache.
Zeiger RFR. Headache. Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114808/all/Headache. Accessed November 7, 2024.
Zeiger, R. F. (2014). Headache. In Diagnosaurus (4th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114808/all/Headache
Zeiger RFR. Headache [Internet]. In: Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. [cited 2024 November 07]. Available from: https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114808/all/Headache.
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