This text draws on the real-world experience of practitioners to offer proven diagnosis and management techniques for primary headache disorders, secondary disorders, and unusual headache disorders. It uses the case study approach to mirror clinical practice. First, cases specific to type or etiology are presented. Then the author explains how the case was diagnosed and managed. Suggestions regarding management of similar cases are provided. Vital information is summarized in a quick-reference format and the complete text and illustrations are contained in the accompainying CD-ROM.

Table of Contents:
PART 1: Primary Headache Disorders 1. The Woman with Episodic Headache 2. The Patient with Visual Symptoms and Headache 3. The Patient with Recurrent Headaches since Childhood 4. The Young Girl with Incapacitating Headaches 5. The Woman Who Could Not Decide Which Medication to Take 6. The Woman with Monthly Headaches 7. The Woman with the Numb Hand and Face 8. Two Woman with Menopausal-Related Headache 9. The Patient with Headache, Arthritis, and Hypertension 10. The Patient with Migraine and Transient Weakness 11. The Patient with Headache and Depression 12. The Patient in the Emergency Room: Case 1 13. The Man with daily Headaches 14. The Man Whose Severe Headaches Would Not Quit 15. The Man with Never-Ending Headaches 16. The Woman with Daily Headaches 17. The Woman with Daily Persistent Headaches 18. The Patient Who Refused Pharmacotherapy 19. The Adolescent with Chronic Daily Headache 20. The Man with Cough and Headache 21. The Man with Recurrent Sudden Headaches 22. The Patient with Ice-Pick Pains 23. The Woman with Continuos Headache 24. The Woman with Short-Lasting, Unilateral Headache and Autonomic Symptoms PART 2: SECONDARY, RARE, AND UNUSUAL HEADACHE DISORDERS 25. The Patient with the Changing Headache 26. The Patient with Headache and Abnormal Menses 27. The Man with Evolving Headache 28. The patient in the Emergency Room: Case 2 29. Seven Patients, Seven Headaches 30. The Woman with Postpartum Headache 31. The Woman with Acute Severe Headache 32. The Man with Headache and Fever 33. The Woman with Generalized Headache and Transient Visual Obstruction 34. Two Patients with Posterior Head and Cervical Pain 35. The Woman with Headache following Lumbar Puncture 36. The Man with Headache Following a Fall 37. Two Headache patients with the Same Infection 38. The Patient with Bruxism and Headache 39. Two Patients with Headache and Systemic Symptoms 40. The Woman with Facial Pain of Undetermined Origin 41. The Woman with Right Upper Facial Pain 42. The Patient with Neck Pain and Headache 43. Headache and Facial Pain in an Elderly Man 44. The Oenophile with the Disappearing Migraine 45. The Patient with an Unusual Familial Headache Disorder 46. An Interesting Resolution of an Unusual Headache 47. Two Women with Headache associated with Loud Noise 48. The Women with Occipital Headache and Acute Neurologic Deficits Appendix: Diagnostic Table of Contents Index