Headaches in Cerebrovascular Diseases

Abstract

Headache is a common symptom of cerebrovascular disorders. The most common patterns of headache for different cerebrovascular diseases, etiology and pathogenesis are reviewed with emphasis on distinguishing features of headache. Cerebrovascular disorders that have been reviewed are: stroke, transitory ischemic attack, nontraumatic intracranial hemorrhage, unruptured vascular malformations, cervical vascular disorders, intracranial arterial dissection, cerebral venous thrombosis, pituitary apoplexy, giant cell arteritis, primary and secondary angiitis of the central nervous system, reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome, cerebral endovascular procedures, headache attributed to angiography, and genetic related vasculopathy. Although vast majority of patients with headache will have a benign etiology, treating physicians need to make accurate diagnosis and confirm or rule out serious or even life threatening conditions of which some are cerebrovascular disorders. © The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023.