Walsh & Hoyt: Head Trauma and Headache

Identifier wh_ch26_p1298_2
Title Walsh & Hoyt: Head Trauma and Headache
Creator Gregory P. Van Stavern, MD
Affiliation Associate Professor, Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences and Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine
Subject Headaches; Facial Pain; Head Trauma; Ocular Pain; Headache and Facial Pain
Description Headache may occur after injury to the head, neck, or brain. The headache may be related to a structural lesion (e.g., headache attributable to intracranial hematoma), in which case management is directed toward the underlying etiology. A variety of pain patterns that resemble primary headache syndromes may develop after head injury. Tension-type headache is the most common pattern, but migraine without aura and a cluster-like pattern have also been described. The role of litigation in the development of posttraumatic headache syndromes has been studied, but a conclusive relationship has not been established. A causal relationship between head and/or neck trauma is difficult to establish in patients with very mild head trauma. In such cases, there is often a complex interplay between organic and psychosocial factors.
Date 2005
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Source Walsh and Hoyt's Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology, 6th Edition
Relation is Part of Walsh and Hoyt's Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology Walsh and Hoyt's Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: Walsh and Hoyt Textbook Selections Collection: https://NOVEL.utah.edu
Publisher Wolters Kluwer Health, Philadelphia
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Rights Management Copyright 2005. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
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Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6gn1grf