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  • Radiology
  • Neurology
  • Emergency Medicine

Background:

  • Acute headache is a frequent emergency department complaint, often signaling serious underlying conditions.
  • Accurate diagnosis requires a thorough clinical history, including onset, duration, severity, risk factors, and neurological deficits.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review common causes of acute headache in the emergency setting.
  • To describe characteristic imaging appearances of various headache etiologies.
  • To familiarize readers with current imaging concepts for acute headache.

Main Methods:

  • Review of multimodality imaging findings for acute headache etiologies.
  • Correlation of clinical presentation with imaging findings.
  • Discussion of conditions including subarachnoid hemorrhage, parenchymal hemorrhage, and edema.

Main Results:

  • Imaging is more likely to be abnormal in thunderclap headaches.
  • Specific imaging findings are associated with conditions like reversible vasoconstriction syndrome, sinus thrombosis, and intracranial pressure alterations.
  • Various etiologies manifest with distinct patterns on imaging, such as hemorrhage or edema.

Conclusions:

  • Multimodality imaging plays a crucial role in diagnosing the diverse causes of acute headache.
  • Radiologists' understanding of pathophysiology and imaging is essential for accurate diagnosis.
  • Characteristic imaging appearances aid in differentiating between various acute headache causes.