Headache Differential Diagnosis

Question 1

Headache Differential

Answer 1

Primary
Critical Secondary
Non critical secondary

Question 2

Primary

Answer 2

Tension type
Cluster
Migraine

Question 3

Critical Secondary- Vascular

Answer 3

Subarachnoid hemorrhage
intraparenchymal hemorrhage
Epidural hematoma
Subdural hematoma
stroke
Cavernous sinus / venous sinus thrombosis
Arteriovenous malformatin
Temporal arteritis
Carotid or vertebral artery dissection

Question 4

Critical secondary- CNS infection

Answer 4

Meningitis
Encephalitis
Abscess

Question 5

Critical secondary- Tumor

Answer 5

Tumor

Question 6

Critical secondary- Idiopathic intracranial hypertension

Answer 6

ICP

Question 7

Critical secondary- ophthalmologic conditions

Answer 7

acute angle closure glaucoma
Iritis
Optic neuritis

Question 8

Critical secondary- Drug related

Answer 8

Alcohol withdrawal
Nitrates & nitrites
Mono amine oxidase inhibitors

Question 9

Critical secondary- Toxicity

Answer 9

carbon monoxide

Question 10

Critical secondary- endocrine

Answer 10

Pheochromocytoma

Question 11

Critical secondary- metabolic conditions

Answer 11

hypoxia
hypoglycaemia
hypercapnia
high altitude cerebral edema
pre eclampsia

Question 12

Critical secondary- obstetric

Answer 12

Pre-eclampsia

Question 13

Non critical secondary: Non CNS infection

Answer 13

sinusitis
focal
systemic
odontogenic
Otic

Question 14

non critical secondary: drug related

Answer 14

Long term analgesic use

mono sodium glutamate

Question 15

Non critical secondary: Miscellaneous

Answer 15

Post LP

Hypertensive emergency

Question 16

Critical secondary: vascular

Answer 16

Pituitary apoplexy