Journal Title
Title of Journal: Curr Pain Headache Rep
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Abbravation: Current Pain and Headache Reports
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Publisher
Current Science Inc.
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Authors: Randolph W Evans
Publish Date: 2007/04/16
Volume: 11, Issue: 1, Pages: 47-52
Abstract
Primary chronic headaches of long duration include chronic migraine chronic tensiontype headache new daily persistent headache and hemicrania continua This article reviews the utility of neuroimaging and other testing for diagnosis of these headaches The presentation and diagnosis of the many secondary headaches that can mimic primary headache types are also discussed including arteriovenous malformations spontaneous intracranial hypotension neoplasms pseudotumor cerebri cervical artery dissections cerebral venous thrombosis Chiari I malformation and temporal arteritis Although the yield of diagnostic testing is low serious pathology as a cause of chronic headaches can be easily overlooked
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