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Headache

G. Kim Bigley
H Kenneth Walker  1 , W Dallas Hall  1 , J Willis Hurst  1
, editors.
In: Clinical Methods: The History, Physical, and Laboratory Examinations. 3rd edition. Boston: Butterworths; 1990. Chapter 54.
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Headache

G. Kim Bigley.
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Headache consists of pain or discomfort arising from pain-sensitive structures in the head. These include extracranial structures such as the skin, muscles, and blood vessels in the head and neck; mucosa of the sinuses and dental structures; and intracranial structures including the regions of the large arteries near the circle of Willis, the great intracranial venous sinuses, parts of the dura and dural arteries, and cranial nerves. The cranium, brain parenchyma, ependymal lining of the ventricles, and choroid plexus are all pain insensitive (Table 54.1).

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