title: [The diagnostic value of headache in intracranial tumor].
abstract: 500 cases of intracranial tumor confirmed surgically and pathologically were studied. The aim of this study was to see the diagnostic value of headache in intracranial tumor. Four problems related to headache were studied in 350 cases along with other informations: Relationship between time of headache and tumor; Relationship between locality of headache and tumor; Relationship between degree of seriousness of headache and tumor; Relationship between headache and accompanying symptoms and signs. It was pointed out that headache is of certain diagnostic value in patients with intracranial tumor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, General Hospital of PLA.
authors.forename: Z L
authors.initials: ZL
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005909:Glioblastoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D006261:Headache / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D008579:Meningioma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies