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Published in: Current Pain and Headache Reports 9/2014

01-09-2014 | Secondary Headache (K Henry and M Robbins, Section Editors)

Headache and Acute Stroke

Authors: Dara G. Jamieson, Natalie T. Cheng, Maryna Skliut

Published in: Current Pain and Headache Reports | Issue 9/2014

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Abstract

Disorders associated with prominent headaches, such as migraine with aura and cerebral arterial and venous diseases, increase the risk of ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke. Central nervous system vasculitis, posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome, reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome, and cerebral venous thrombosis are all disorders associated with severe or persistent headache in which the risk for ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke is increased. Hemorrhagic strokes, more frequently than ischemic strokes, present with distinct headaches, usually accompanied by focal neurological symptoms. Pregnancy, and especially the postpartum period, is a time of overlap between new-onset headache and stroke risk.
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Metadata
Title
Headache and Acute Stroke
Authors
Dara G. Jamieson
Natalie T. Cheng
Maryna Skliut
Publication date
01-09-2014
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Current Pain and Headache Reports / Issue 9/2014
Print ISSN: 1531-3433
Electronic ISSN: 1534-3081
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11916-014-0444-1

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