title: Headache and the frontal sinus.
abstract: Frontal headache is a common complaint associated with frontal sinus disease and is often the only complaint. It is also a common location for headache pain in association with other primary and secondary headache disorders. Therefore, the clinician needs to have a thorough understanding of the differential diagnosis of frontal headache pain. This article reviews the causes of frontal pain in association with nasal and sinus pathology and also discusses other headache disorders that can present with similar symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Cincinnati, 231 Bethesda Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45267-0528, USA.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Seiden
authors.forename: V T
authors.initials: VT
authors.lastname: Martin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D015522:Frontal Sinusitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006261:Headache / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed