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. 2019 Jan 7;14(1):e0208728. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0208728

Table 2. Etiologies according to ICHD 3 classification.

Group n(%) Etiology n
Primary Headaches
145 (59.4)
1.1 Migraine without aura 34
1.2 Migraine with aura 73
1.4.1 Status migrainosus 29
1.4.2 Persistent aura without infarction 1
2. Tension type headache 2
3.1.1 Cluster Headache 2
3.2.1 Paroxysmal hemicrania 1
3.3.1 SUNCT 1
3.4 Hemicrania Continua 1
4.7.1 Probable primary stabbing headache 1
Secondary Headaches
63(25.9)*
6.2.1 Headache attributed to non-traumatic intracerebral hemorrhage 3
6.2.2 Headache attributed to non-traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) 2
6.3.2 Headache attributed to arteriovenous malformation (AVM) 1
7.1.1 Headache attributed to idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) 1
7.4.1 Headache attributed to intracranial neoplasm 4
9.1.3.1 Acute headache attributed to intracranial fungal or other parasitic infection 2
9.2.2 Headache attributed to systemic viral infection 7
10.3.2 Headache attributed to hypertensive crisis without hypertensive encephalopathy 6
11.4/11.5 Headache attributed to disorders of the ears and paranasal sinuses 12
11.7 Headache attributed to temporomandibular disorder 1
12.1 Headache attributed to somatization disorder 1
Non-classified
21(8.6)
14.1 Headache not elsewhere classified 21
Painful cranial neuropathies and other facial pains
15(6.1)
13.4 Occipital neuralgia/other extracranial neuralgias 8
13.5 Optic neuritis 1
Appendix A11,2.5- Headache attributed to cervical myofascial pain 23

*Including 23 cases of A11,2.5- Headache attributed to cervical myofascial pain