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Causes of Headache - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary: Tension, Migraine, Cluster
Extracranial: Medications, Sinusitis, TMJ disorder, Cervicogenic, Glaucoma,
Causes of Headache ... Hydrocephalus, Pseudotumor Cerebri ... uw_IMresidency #Headache
Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
 •
Approach to Headaches ... thunderclap) of worst headache ... dissection • Cerebral ... MatthewHoMD #Headache
Papilledema on Ocular Ultrasound related to pseudotumor cerebri

Resolution to last week's case: headache. This patient had
to pseudotumor cerebri ... last week's case: headache ... to pseudotumor cerebri ... #pseudotumor #cerebri
Headache Syndromes 
Sudden onset of pain - "Thunder clap" with any decreased mentation, any positive focal
Headache Syndromes ... artery dissection, cerebral ... • Reversible cerebral ... syndrome "Worst headache ... closure glaucoma #Headache
Signs and Symptoms Associated With Different Headache Etiologies
 • Nonfocal mental status changes - Meningitis, encephalitis,
With Different Headache ... preeclampsia, reversible cerebral ... hemorrhage, SAH, cerebral ... rare), reversible cerebral ... ), IIH #headache
Cerebral Toxoplasmosis 
- Most comrnon CNS infection in patients with AIDS 
who are not receiving appropriate
Cerebral Toxoplasmosis ... Clinical • Headache ... leucovorin #Cerebral
Emergent Causes of Headache and Associated Risk Factors
Carbon monoxide poisoning
 - Breathing in enclosed or confined
Emergent Causes of Headache ... usual or customary headache ... gender - Obesity Cerebral ... conditions Reversible cerebral ... History of SAH or cerebral
13 Dangerous Causes of Headache:
 - subarachnoid hemorrhage: family history, PCKD, known berry aneurysm, sudden and
Dangerous Causes of Headache ... trauma history - cerebral ... #Diagnosis #Headache

Posterior cerebral artery (PCA) strokes can be challenging to diagnose, due to the variability in symptoms,
Posterior cerebral ... present with only a headache
Neurological Manifestations of Tuberculosis
Spinal Arachnoiditis & Polyradiculopathy:
 • Subacute onset of limb weakness, bladder/bowel dysfunction, muscle
later stage) • Headache ... • Papilledema, headache ... infection • Imaging: cerebral