Neurológia pre prax 5/2011

Secondary headaches in clinical practice

The paper deals with secondary headaches. Secondary headaches are symptoms of a certain structural lesion or organic disorder intraor extracranially or they may be the manifestation of a metabolic disorder, application or removal of a certain substance. The paper focuses on serious life or health – threatening secondary headaches and their characteristic features. They are divided in several groups: headaches associated with vascular disorders, posttraumatic headaches, headaches associated with space – occupying lesions, with infection, and disorders of eye, nose and paranasal sinuses. The paper is completed with 9 case reprorts.

Keywords: secondary headaches, subarachnoid hemorrhage, intracerebral hemorrhage, epidural and subdural hematoma, intracranial mass, meningitis, HIV infection.