title: Headache in brain tumours: a symptom to reappraise critically.
abstract: Headache can be either a late or early symptom of a brain tumour, depending on the location of the tumour. A constant, progressively increasing pain, or a change in the character of headache pain, may alert the physician to this occurrence. Fortunately most people with headache, even persistent or severe headaches, do not have a tumour. In this work we review the literature about prevalence of headache as an isolated/early symptom of brain tumour and report our experience.
authors.affiliation: Neuro-oncology Department, National Neurological Institute C. Best, Via Celoria 11, I-20133 Milan, Italy. boiardi@istituto-besta.it
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Boiardi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Salmaggi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Eoli
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lamperti
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Silvani
mesh_terms: D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D018450:Disease Progression; D006261:Headache / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans