differential diagnosis
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- primary headache disorders
- migraine
- tension type headache
- cluster headache and other trigeminal autonomic cephalagias
- other primary headache disorders
- secondary headache disorders
- these include a new headache occurring with another lesion capable of causing it.( e.g., headache attributed to intracranial tumour)
- tension headaches
- depression
- sinusitis
- dental caries
- in the elderly, transient ischaemic attacks
- epilepsy
- temporal lobe tumours, e.g. angiomata
- arteriovenous malformations
- phaeochromocytoma
Headache disorders are classified by the ICHD-II as (1)
The differential diagnosis of migraine is large, but includes:
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Last reviewed 05/2021
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