Neuroimaging of headaches in patients with normal neurological examination: protocol for a systematic review.

ABSTRACT: INTRODUCTION:Headache disorders (HD) are among the most frequent neurological disorders seen in neurology practice. Because secondary HD are rare, patients' examination is most often unremarkable. However, the will to relieve patients' anxiety and the fear of prosecutions lead to overuse of neuroimaging thus resulting in the discovery of incidental findings (IF) or normal variants that can lead to futile or harmful procedures. Knowing the probability of identifying a potentially clinically significant lesion in patients with isolated headache could facilitate decision-making and reduce health costs. This review aims to determine the prevalence of incidental findings and normal anatomic variants (NAV) on neuroimaging studies performed in patients presenting with headache and normal neurolog

SUBMITTER: Kenteu B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5855383 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature