Citation

Evans RW. Neurol. Clin. 2014; 32(2): 283-303.

Affiliation

Baylor College of Medicine, 1200 Binz #1370, Houston, TX 77004, USA. Electronic address: revansmd@gmail.com.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.ncl.2013.11.010

PMID

24703532

Abstract

Posttraumatic headaches are one of the most common and controversial secondary headache types. After mild head injury, more than 50% of people develop a postconcussion syndrome which has been controversial for more than 150 years. Headache is estimated as present in 30% to 90% of patients after mild head injury. Most headaches are of the tension type, although migraines can increase in frequency or occur acutely or chronically de novo. A review is provided of headaches in civilians, soldiers after blast trauma, athletes, and post-craniotomy including pathogenesis. The treatments are the same as for the primary phenotypes.

Language: en