Idiopathic stabbing headache (ISH): differential diagnosis

Evidence-based neurology checklist on idiopathic stabbing headache (ish): differential diagnosis: Other primary headaches Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) Occipital neuralgia Nummular headache Cervicogenic headache Tension type headache (TTH) Migraine Cluster headache (CH) Hemicrania continua (HC) SUNA…

Other primary headaches

  • Trigeminal neuralgia (TN)
  • Occipital neuralgia
  • Nummular headache
  • Cervicogenic headache
  • Tension type headache (TTH)
  • Migraine
  • Cluster headache (CH)
  • Hemicrania continua (HC)
  • SUNA
  • SUNCT

Secondary stabbing headache

Ice cream headache

Synonyms

Acronyms

References

  1. Peres MFP. Hemicrania continua: recent treatment strategies and diagnostic evaluation. Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep 2002; 2:108-113.
  2. Kwon S, Lee MJ, Kim M. Epicranial headache part 1: primary stabbing headache. Cephalalgia 2023; 43:3331024221146985. 
  3. Valença MM, de Azevedo Filho HRC, de Souza Ferreira MR, et al. Secondary stabbing headache associated with intracranial tumors, aneurysms, and arteriovenous malformation: an alarming warning sign. Headache 2021; 61:80-89. 
  4. Robbins MS. Transient stabbing headache from an acute thalamic haemorrhage. J Headache Pain 2011; 12:373–375.
  5. Zierz AM, Mehl T, Kraya T, Wienke A, Zierz S. Ice cream headache in students and family history of headache: a cross-sectional epidemiological study. J Neurol 2016; 263:1106-1110.
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