Level 3: Headache – MHROS: Expert Panel DDX

How does your differential compare with the experts?

What physical exam maneuvers would you like to perform?

Experts’ DDX:

  1. Increased intracranial pressure due to mass effect
    1. Tumor – primary or metastatic
    2. Abscess
  2. Intracranial bleed
    1. Subdural
    2. Subarachnoid
    3. Arteriovenous malformation and bleed
  3. Trauma
  4. Meningitis
  5. Encephalitis
  6. Hypoxia
  7. Temporal arteritis
  8. Arterial hypertension
  9. Venous thrombosis
  10. Pseudotumor cerebri
  11. Benign intracranial hypertension
  12. Sinusitis
  13. Cancer in hypothalamus
  14. Hypercapnia
  15. Hyperglycemia