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Created page with "== Red Flags == {| class="wikitable" |+ ! !Red Flag !Clinical Features !Etiologies to Exclude |- |S |Systemic signs, symptoms, or disease |fever, weight loss, HIV, immunosuppression, malignancy, pregnancy, or postpartum |metastatic disease, CNS infection, CVST, RCVS, IIH |- |N |Neurologic signs or symptoms |neurologic deficits or atypical or prolonged neurologic symptoms, or both |neoplastic, inflammatory, infectious, or vascular CNS disease |- |O |Onset (lat..."

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== Red Flags ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!
!Red Flag
!Clinical Features
!Etiologies to Exclude
|-
|S
|Systemic signs, symptoms, or disease
|fever, weight loss, HIV, immunosuppression, malignancy, pregnancy, or postpartum
|metastatic disease, CNS infection, [[CVST]], [[RCVS]], [[IIH]]
|-
|N
|Neurologic signs or symptoms
|neurologic deficits or atypical or prolonged neurologic symptoms, or both
|neoplastic, inflammatory, infectious, or vascular CNS disease
|-
|O
|Onset (late)
|headache onset after age 50 years
|neoplastic, inflammatory, or infectious CNS disease, [[giant cell arteritis]]
|-
|O
|Onset (sudden)
|thunderclap headache with onset to maximum intensity in less than 60 seconds
|[[subarachnoid hemorrhage]], [[CVST]], [[RCVS]], arterial dissection
|-
|P
|Papilledema
|optic disc swelling, with or without [[pulsatile tinnitus]], [[diplopia]], transient visual obscuration, and weight gain
|[[increased intracranial pressure]] (mass lesion, hemorrhage, edema, [[CVST]], [[IIH]])
|-
|P
|Postural aggravation
|headache triggered or worsened by standing up or lying down
|[[intracranial hypotension]] or intracranial hypertension
|-
|P
|Precipitated by valsalva
|headache triggered by valsalva (coughing, exercise, intercourse)
|Chiari malformation, mass lesion in posterior fossa
|-
|P
|Pattern changing, or progressive
|change in previously stable pattern of headache, or progressively worsening
|any secondary cause
|}
[[Category:Neurology]]

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