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==DDx==
==DDx==
==Common==
==Common==
# Migraine
# [[Migraine]]
# Tension  
# Tension  
# Cluster
# Cluster

Revision as of 19:34, 16 July 2011

DDx

Common

  1. Migraine
  2. Tension
  3. Cluster

Killers

  1. Meningitis/encephalitis
  2. SAH / sentinel bleed
  3. ICH (subdura/epidural)
  4. Acute obstructive hydrocephalus
  5. Space occupying lesions
  6. Stroke
  7. Carbon monoxide poisoning
  8. Basilar artery dissection
  9. Preeclampsia
  10. Cerebral Venous Thrombosis (pregnancy/post-partum)
  11. Hypertensive Emergency
  12. Depression

Maimers

  1. Temporal Arteritis (>50yrs & ESR)
  2. Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension (pseudotumor cerebri)
  3. Acute glaucoma
  4. Acute sinusitis

Others

  1. Trigeminal neuralgia
  2. Temporomandibular
  3. Post LP/ low CSF
  4. Dehydration
  5. Analgesia abuse
  6. Eye, dental, or derm cause
  7. Febrile HA