Neuroradiology and headaches.
Headache is one of the most common outpatient pain conditions encountered in both physician offices and emergency departments. Establishment of an accurate diagnosis, accomplished only by a thorough history followed by a physical examination, is critical before treatment can be initiated. Many patients undergo evaluation with computed tomography and more recently magnetic resonance imaging to exclude important abnormalities. It is known that a little percentage of patients showed significant neuroradiologiacal abnormalities and the rate of significant intracranial abnormalities in patients with headache and normal neurological examination exists.
Romano
Andrea
A
Department of Neuroradiology, La Sapienza University of Rome Sant'Andrea Hospital, Via di Grottarossa 1035, 00189, Rome, Italy. andrea.romano@uniroma1.it
Cipriani
Valentina
V
Bozzao
Alessandro
A
D006261:Headache / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D009485:Neuroradiography / Q000379:methods*