An Atlas of Headache

While usually not life threatening, headaches can be debilitating. And they are often a symptom more serious conditions. With pictures obtained from PET, CT, MRI, and other modern imaging techniques An Atlas of Headache presents full color illustrations and a clinician's review on the diagnosis and treatment of all forms of headaches. It provides you with a complete and comprehensive picture of the state-of-the-art in this field.

This atlas approaches the problem of headache from a visual perspective that makes the complaint easier to understand and treat. It covers primary headaches such as migraine, tension-type, and cluster headaches and secondary headaches such as those associated with brain tumors, aneurysms, CNS infections, and HIV. With its clear coverage, easy-to-use organization, and extensive illustrations, An Atlas of Headache gives you the information you need to diagnose and treat headaches quickly and easily.

"For the images alone I would recommend this collection to anyone with an interest in headache." - Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine "The present authors are to be commendedThe common headache entities of migraine, cluster, and tension-type headaches as well as the more sinister structural causes of headache are outlined" - From the Foreword by James W. Lance, Emeritus Professor of Neurology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia and President of the International Headache Society, 1987-9