Symptomatic exertional headache
Written and reviewed by Dr Ibrahim Imam, Consultant Neurologist. Last reviewed .
Symptomatic exertional headache. Subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH), Sinusitis, Metastases. Fully referenced neurology checklist.
Causes
- Subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH)
- Sinusitis
- Metastases
- Coronary artery disease (cardiac cephalgia)
- Eagle syndrome (long styloid process)
Epidemiology
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Clinical features
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Treatment
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References
- Pascual J, Iglesias F, Oterino A, Vasquez-Barquero A, Berciano J. Cough, retinal, and sexual headaches: an analysis of 72 benign and symptomatic cases. Neurology 1996; 46:1520-1524.
- Bahra A. Other primary headaches-thunderclap-, cough-, exertional-, and sexual headache. J Neurol 2020; 267:1554-1566.
- Lipton RB, Lowenkopf T, Bajwa ZH, et al. Cardiac cephalgia: a treatable form of exertional headache. Neurology 1997; 49:813-816.
- Maggioni F, Marchese-Ragona R, Mampreso E, Mainardi E, Zanchin G. Exertional headache as unusual presentation of the syndrome of an elongated styloid process. Headache 2009; 49:776-779.
