Tips on when to request an imaging assessment (RMI, CT, or angiography) in a patient suffering from a headache

This article is a mini-narrative review covering practical aspects of when to request an imaging evaluation headache patient. The vast majority patients who seek help in medical office receive as diagnostic hypothesis one the primary headaches, such migraine, tension-type headache, or cluster headache. arrive with at neurologist's are migraineurs; individuals suffer from headaches rarely help. In emergency scenario, there more significant occurrence secondary compared treated outpatient clinic. evaluating patient physician should pay attention red flags signs that may indicate cause for pain reports. exception trigeminal-autonomic no need investigate by imaging. some cases, intracranial lesions be found cause, mainly parasellar cerebral aneurysms. Thus, image indicated. Depending on suspicion different examinations requested, most frequent being MRI, CT, and angiography.
 Keywords: Headache, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Tomography, X-Ray Computed, Migraine Disorders, Cluster Red