Transient Headache and CSF Lymphocytosis

Syndrome of Headache Accompanied with Transient Neurologic Deficits and Cerebrospinal Fluid Lymphocytosis.

The syndrome of headache accompanied with transient neurologic deficits and cerebrospinal fluid lymphocytosis (HaNDL), is a rare, benign and self limiting syndrome. In the 2nd Edition of the International Classification of Headache Disorders, HaNDL syndrome was defined in secondary headache group as "Headache attributed to non-vascular intracranial disorder". The etiology of HaNDL is still unkn...

Clinical reasoning: a 48-year-old woman with recurrent headache, transient neurologic symptoms, and CSF pleocytosis.

Antonios Kerasnoudis, MD Ralf Gold, MD Min-Suk Yoon, MD SECTION 1 A 48-year-old woman was admitted to our department with recurrent episodes of throbbing right parietal headache lasting for hours. The patient was afebrile and neurologic examination disclosed no signs of meningeal irritation or papilledema. Blood pressure (BP) levels and heart rate were normal ( 140/90 mm Hg, 70 bpm) on repeat m...

Headache and transient ischemic attacks.

Headache and Transient Ischemic A Hacks • Headache occurring in association with episodes of transient cerebral ischemia has not been emphasized as part of the symptom complex. In an effort to ascertain the frequency and characteristics of these headaches and to determine whether there is any localizing, diagnostic, or prognostic significance to them, the records of 240 TIA patients were review...

CSF tests for dementia: a potential headache?

Headache in Transient or Permanent Cerebral Ischemia

We studied headache features in 3,126 patients with acute cerebral or retinal ischemia. Headache occurred in 18% of these patients (in 16% of all patients with transient ischemic attacks, in 18% of patients with reversible ischemic neurologic deficits, and in 19% of patients with minor strokes) and was mostly continuous in all types of attacks. Headache was present in 16% of patients with monoc...