Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH): co-morbid disorders

Written and reviewed by Dr Ibrahim Imam, Consultant Neurologist. Last reviewed .

Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH): co-morbid disorders. Tension type headache (TTH), Migraine. Fully referenced neurology checklist.

Associated headache disorders

  • Tension type headache (TTH)
  • Migraine
  • Medication overuse headache (MOH)
  • Idiopathic stabbing headache

Co-morbid medical disorders

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Cerebrovascular disease risk

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Synonym

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References

  1. Friedman DI, Rausch EA. Headache diagnoses in patients with treated idiopathic intracranial hypertension. Neurology 2002; 58:1551-1553.
  2. Mollan SP, Ali F, Hassan-Smith G, Botfield H, Friedman DI, Sinclair AJ. Evolving evidence in adult idiopathic intracranial hypertension: pathophysiology and management. JNNP 2016; 87:982-992. 
  3. Adderley NJ, Subramanian A, Nirantharakumar K, et al. Association between idiopathic intracranial hypertension and risk of cardiovascular diseases in women in the United Kingdom. JAMA Neurol 2019; doi: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2019.1812 (Epub ahead of print).
  4. Yiangou A, Mitchell JL, Nicholls M, et al. Obstructive sleep apnoea in women with idiopathic intracranial hypertension: a sub-study of the idiopathic intracranial hypertension weight randomised controlled trial (IIH: WT). J Neurol 2021 (Online ahead of print).

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