The Headache Profile of Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension
- 1 December 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Cephalalgia
- Vol. 10 (6), 331-335
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1468-2982.1990.1006331.x
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.This publication has 10 references indexed in Scilit:
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