Wolff's Headache and Other Head Pain

by Silberstein, Stephen D.; Lipton, Richard B.; Dalessio, Donald J.

• ISBN13: 9780195135183
• ISBN10: 0195135180
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-05-03
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Headaches represent one of the most common medical conditions and one of the most frequent reasons for patients seeking medical care. Wolff's Headache has become a classic in the field of head pain. Providing a compendium of facts, it stands above other texts as one of the most definitive andcomprehensive textbooks on diagnosis and management. Wolff's Headache and Other Head Pain 7E provides a comprehensive overview of headache disorders. The contributors are the acknowledged world leaders in their fields. The new edition reflects the enormous growth of knowledge regarding theclassification of epidemiology, mechanisms, and treatment of headaches. The book provides both practical clinical advice and a clear overview of the science which provides the foundation for that advice.

Table of Contents

Contributors	xvii
I. INTRODUCTION
Remembrances of Dr. Harold G. Wolff	3	(3)
Donald J. Dalessio
Overview, Diagnosis, and Classification of Headache	6	(21)
Stephen D. Silberstein
Richard B. Lipton
Donald J. Dalessio
Neuroimaging and Other Diagnostic Testing in Headache	27	(23)
Randolph W. Evans
Todd D. Rozen
James U. Adelman
Pain-Sensitive Cranial Structures: Chemical Anatomy	50	(7)
F. Michael Cutrer
Pathophysiology of Headache	57	(16)
Peter J. Goadsby
Genetics of Headache	73	(12)
Michel D. Ferrari
Joost Haan
Epidemiology and Impact of Headache	85	(23)
Richard B. Lipton
Sandra W. Hamelsky
Walter F. Stewart
Migraine Comorbidity	108	(13)
Aaron L. Shechter
Richard B. Lipton
Stephen D. Silberstein
II. DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF PRIMARY HEADACHE DISORDERS
Migraine: Diagnosis and Treatment	121	(117)
Stephen D. Silberstein
Joel R. Saper
Frederick G. Freitag
Episodic Tension-Type Headaches	238	(9)
Seymour Solomon
Lawrence C. Newman
Chronic Daily Headache, Including Transformed Migraine, Chronic Tension-Type Headache, and Medication Overuse	247	(36)
Stephen D. Silberstein
Richard B. Lipton
Cluster Headache: Diagnosis, Management, and Treatment	283	(27)
David W. Dodick
J. Keith Campbell
Unusual Primary Headache Disorders	310	(15)
Lawrence C. Newman
Peter J. Goadsby
III. DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF SECONDARY HEADACHE DISORDERS
Headaches Associated with Head Trauma	325	(24)
William B. Young
Russell C. Packard
Nabih Ramadan
Headache Associated with Vascular Disorders	349	(44)
Marie Germaine Bousser
Janine Good
Steven J. Kittner
Stephen D. Silberstein
Headache Associated with Abnormalities in Intracranial Structure or Function: High Cerebrospinal Fluid Pressure Headache and Brain Tumor	393	(24)
Michael Wall
Stephen D. Silberstein
Robert D. Aiken
Headache Associated with Abnormalities in Intracranial Structure or Function: Low Cerebrospinal Fluid Pressure Headache	417	(17)
Bahram Mokri
Infectious, Toxic, and Metabolic Headache	434	(13)
Lawrence C. Newman
Seymour Solomon
Disorders of the Neck: Cervicogenic Headache	447	(12)
John G. Edmeads
Disorders of the Eye	459	(16)
Timothy J. Martin
James J. Corbett
Disorders of the Mouth and Teeth	475	(19)
Steven B. Graff-Radford
Nasal Disease and Sinus Headache	494	(15)
Stephen D. Silberstein
Thomas O. Willcox
Cranial Neuralgias and Atypical Facial Pain	509	(16)
Todd D. Rozen
David J. Capobianco
Donald J. Dalessio
Giant Cell Arteritis and Polymyalgia Rheumatica	525	(14)
Richard J. Caselli
Gene G. Hunder
IV. SPECIAL TOPICS
Headaches in Children and Adolescents	539	(23)
A. David Rothner
Paul Winner
Behavioral Management of Headache	562	(37)
Kenneth A. Holroyd
Donald B. Penzien
Gay L. Lipchik
Communicating with the Patient	599	(8)
Valerie South
Fred Sheftell
Index	607