Journal article
The Headache Profile of Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension
Cephalalgia, Vol.10(6), pp.331-335
12/1990
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-2982.1990.1006331.x
PMID: 2289234
Abstract
The headache profile of idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH, pseudotumour cerebri) has not previously been prospectively studied. We administered a questionnaire to 63 cases at the time of diagnosis. Fifty-eight of the cases had headache and 93% of those with headache reported it to be their most severe ever. Patients characteristically noted a pulsatile headache of gradually increasing intensity that had awakened them. Daily headache occurred in 74% of those reporting headache. Pain in a nerve root distribution or retro-ocular pain with eye movement, uncommon with other headache disorders, help to differentiate this headache syndrome.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The Headache Profile of Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension
- Creators
- Michael Wall - Tulane University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Cephalalgia, Vol.10(6), pp.331-335
- DOI
- 10.1046/j.1468-2982.1990.1006331.x
- PMID
- 2289234
- ISSN
- 0333-1024
- eISSN
- 1468-2982
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 12/1990
- Academic Unit
- Neurology; Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
- Record Identifier
- 9984187030102771
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