Abstract
Traumatic brain injury is frequently accompanied by headache, the prevalence is variable from 30-90 %. Posttraumatic headache represents a highly disabling condition, could be more related to mild injury, and is classified as acute or persistent headache. The clinical characteristics are similar to migraine-type headache and tension-type headache, with some differential details. Different pathophysiological mechanisms have been involved, this could explain the different phenotypes. Diagnosis is based on symptoms and specific criteria. Below we present a clinical case of post-traumatic headache managed in the emergency department with which we seek to delve into the clinical and therapeutic aspects of this disease.
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