Table 3 Main causes of secondary headache in pregnant women
Secondary headaches during pregnancy | |
|---|---|
Arterial dissection | Intracranial hypotension |
Arteriovenous malformation | Ischemic stroke |
Brain tumors | Meningitis/encephalitis |
Cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) | Pituitary adenoma |
Choriocarcinoma | Pituitary apoplexy |
Cranial neuralgias | Pituitary meningioma |
Dehydration | Reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome (PRES) |
Eclampsia and pre-eclampsia | Reversible vasoconstriction syndrome (RCVS) |
Head trauma | Sinusitis |
Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) | Subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) |
Intracranial haemorrhage (ICH) | Vasculitis |