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Headaches and Craniofacial Pain — Clinical Neurology

Neurology · Clinical Specialties

How it begins

Guía exhaustiva de diagnóstico y tratamiento basada en la Clasificación Internacional de Cefaleas (ICHD-3). Desde la migraña hasta las neuralgias craneales y las cefaleas secundarias de alarma.

What it covers

  1. Introduction and Classification ICHD-3
  2. · The International Classification of Headache Disorders — ICHD-3 (2018)
  3. · Comparative Global Epidemiology
  4. Anatomy of Cranial Pain and Pathophysiology
  5. · The Trigeminovascular Pathway — The Central Axis of Primary Headaches
  6. · Cortical Spread Depression (CSD) — The Basis of the Migraine Aura
  7. · Central and Peripheral Sensitization — The Chronification of Pain
  8. Migraine
  9. · Phases of the Migraine Crisis
  10. · ICHD-3 Diagnostic Criteria — Migraine without Aura (1.1)
  11. · Diagnostic Criteria — Migraine with Aura (1.2)
  12. · Special Clinical Subtypes of Migraine
  13. · Acute Migraine Treatment
  14. · Preventive Treatment of Migraine
  15. Tension Headache
  16. · ICHD-3 Diagnostic Criteria — Frequent Episodic CT (2.2)
  17. · Physiopathology
  18. · Treatment
  19. Cluster Headache and Other CTA
  20. · Cluster Headache — Detailed Diagnosis and Treatment
  21. · Hemicrania Continua — Indomethacin as a Diagnostic Criterion
  22. Medication Overuse Headache (MOH)
  23. · Neurobiology of the MOH
  24. · Treatment of MOH
  25. Cranial Neuralgias
  26. · Trigeminal Neuralgia (TN)
  27. · Other Cranial Neuralgias
  28. Craniofacial Pain
  29. · Persistent Idiopathic Facial Pain (PDAP / PIFP)
  30. · Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction Syndrome (TMJ)
  31. · Burning Mouth Syndrome (BMS)
  32. · Tolosa-Hunt syndrome
  33. Alarm Signs in Headache — SNOOP4
  34. · Thunder Headache — Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
  35. · Giant Cell Arteritis (Horton's Arteritis)
  36. · Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension (Benign HTIC / Pseudotumor Cerebri)
  37. · Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension (SIH)
  38. · Cerebral Venous Thrombosis (CVT)
  39. Diagnostic Algorithm and Evaluation Scales
  40. · Clinical History of Headache — SOCRATES
  41. · Headache Impact Assessment Scales
  42. · Summary of Differential Diagnosis of Major Headaches

The complete study guide is in the app

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Subject
Neurology
Category
Clinical Specialties
Type
Study Guide
Sections
42
Reviewed
2026-08-02
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