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01-12-2020 | Neurological Tests | BRIEF COMMUNICATION
Headache due to intracranial hypertension at the time of first manifestation of multiple sclerosis
Authors:
Angelo Pascarella, Antonio De Martino, Lucia Manzo, Stefania Barone, Paola Valentino, Francesco Bono
Published in:
Neurological Sciences
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Special Issue 2/2020
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Excerpt
Patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) frequently suffer from headache. In fact, recent studies have shown that about 78% of patients with multiple sclerosis suffer from headache. In addition, the occurrence of headache at the time of the first clinical manifestation of MS has recently been reported in a large proportion of patients [
1]. Although an increased risk of headache is now recognized among MS patients, the secondary etiology of MS-associated headache has been poorly studied. Indeed, the possibility that intracranial hypertension (IH) is the cause of headache in MS patients has been rarely considered [
2]. …