7.4. Headache attributed to intracranial neoplasia

 Description:

  Headache caused by intracranial neoplasia

 Diagnostic criteria:

  A. Any headache fulfilling criterion C

  B. Intracranial neoplasia has been diagnosed

  C. Evidence of causation demonstrated by at least one of the following:

    1. Headache has developed in temporal relation to the intracranial neoplasia or led to its discovery

    2. Headache has significantly worsened in parallel with worsening of the intracranial neoplasia

    3. Headache has significantly improved in temporal relation to successful treatment of the intracranial neoplasia

  D. Not better accounted for by another ICHD-3

7.4.1 Headache attributed to intracranial neoplasm

 Description:

  Headache, usually progressive, worse in the morning and aggravated by Valsalva-like maneuvers, caused by one or more space-occupying intracranial tumors

 Diagnostic criteria:

  A. Headache fulfilling criterion C

  B. A space-occupying intracranial neoplasm has been demonstrated

  C. Evidence of causation demonstrated by at least two of the following:

   1. Headache has developed in temporal relation to the development of the neoplasm or led to its discovery

   2. Either or both of the following:

    (a) Headache has significantly worsened in parallel with worsening of the neoplasm

    (b) Headache has significantly improved in temporal relation to successful treatment of the neoplasm

   3. Headache has at least one of the following three characteristics:

    (a) Progressive

    (b) Worse in the morning or after daytime napping

    (c) Aggravated by Valsalva-like maneuvers

  D. Not better accounted for by another ICHD-3 diagnosis

7.4.1.1 Headache attributed to colloid cyst of the third ventricle

 Description:

  Headache caused by colloid cyst of the third ventricle, presenting very characteristically as recurrent attacks with thunderclap onset and reduced level or loss of consciousness

 Diagnostic criteria:

  A. Headache fulfilling criterion C

  B. A colloid cyst of the third ventricle has been demonstrated

  C. Evidence of causation demonstrated by both of the following:

   1. Headache has developed in temporal relation to the development of the colloid cyst or led to its discovery