Idiopathic stabbing headache (ISH): differential diagnosis
Written and reviewed by Dr Ibrahim Imam, Consultant Neurologist. Last reviewed .
Idiopathic stabbing headache (ISH): differential diagnosis. Trigeminal neuralgia (TN), Occipital neuralgia. Fully referenced neurology checklist.
Other primary headaches
- Trigeminal neuralgia (TN)
- Occipital neuralgia
- Nummular headache
- Cervicogenic headache
- Tension type headache (TTH)
- Migraine
- Cluster headache (CH)
- Hemicrania continua (HC)
- SUNA
- SUNCT
Secondary stabbing headache
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Ice cream headache
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Synonyms
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Acronyms
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References
- Peres MFP. Hemicrania continua: recent treatment strategies and diagnostic evaluation. Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep 2002; 2:108-113.
- Kwon S, Lee MJ, Kim M. Epicranial headache part 1: primary stabbing headache. Cephalalgia 2023; 43:3331024221146985.
- Valença MM, de Azevedo Filho HRC, de Souza Ferreira MR, et al. Secondary stabbing headache associated with intracranial tumors, aneurysms, and arteriovenous malformation: an alarming warning sign. Headache 2021; 61:80-89.
- Robbins MS. Transient stabbing headache from an acute thalamic haemorrhage. J Headache Pain 2011; 12:373–375.
- Zierz AM, Mehl T, Kraya T, Wienke A, Zierz S. Ice cream headache in students and family history of headache: a cross-sectional epidemiological study. J Neurol 2016; 263:1106-1110.
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