Summary
Diferenciales
Común
- Migraine headache
- Acute sinusitis
Infrecuente
- Subarachnoid hemorrhage
- Ischemic stroke
- Parenchymal hemorrhage
- Vascular dissection (carotid, vertebral, or intracranial arteries)
- Cerebral sinovenous thrombosis
- Postconcussion headache
- Cerebral contusion
- Subdural hemorrhage
- Intracranial hypotension
- Epidural hemorrhage
- Meningitis
- Encephalitis
- Dental caries, gingival disease, or abscess
- Brain tumor
- Temporomandibular disorders
- Tension headache
- Indomethacin-responsive headache
- Medication overuse headache
- Cluster headache
- New daily persistent headache
- Intermittent hydrocephalus
- Pseudotumor cerebri (idiopathic intracranial hypertension)
- Ventriculoperitoneal shunt dysfunction
- Pituitary apoplexy
- Hypertensive encephalopathy
- Occipital neuralgia
- Facial neuralgia
Colaboradores
Autores
Christopher B. Oakley, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Child Neurology
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
MD
Divulgaciones
CBO declares that he has no competing interests.
Agradecimientos
Dr Christopher B. Oakley would like to gratefully acknowledge Dr Nicholas S. Abend and Dr Daniel J. Licht, the previous contributors to this topic.
Divulgaciones
NSA and DJL declare that they have no competing interests.
Revisores por pares
Paul Hamilton, MD
Director
Department of Emergency Medicine
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York
NY
Divulgaciones
PH declares that he has no competing interests.
Peer reviewer acknowledgements
BMJ Best Practice topics are updated on a rolling basis in line with developments in evidence and guidance. The peer reviewers listed here have reviewed the content at least once during the history of the topic.
Disclosures
Peer reviewer affiliations and disclosures pertain to the time of the review.
Referencias
Artículos principales
Headache Classification Committee of the International Headache Society (IHS). The international classification of headache disorders, 3rd edition. Cephalalgia. 2018 Jan;38(1):1-211.Texto completo Resumen
American College of Radiology. ACR Appropriateness Criteria®: headache-child. 2017 [internet publication].Texto completo Resumen
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. Headaches in over 12s: diagnosis and management. Jun 2025 [internet publication].Texto completo
Lewis DW, Ashwal S, Dahl G, et al. Practice parameter: evaluation of children and adolescents with recurrent headaches: report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology and the Practice Committee of the Child Neurology Society. Neurology. 2002 Aug 27;59(4):490-8.Texto completo Resumen
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