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. 2019 Aug 23;10:886. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2019.00886

Table 2.

Life-threatening causes of headache in children.

Hypertension
Coarctation of aorta
Central nervous system infections
Ventriculo-peritoneal shunt malfunction or infection
Venous sinus thrombosis
Ischaemic Stroke
Reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome
(RCVS)
Cervical artery dissection
Hemorrhage Brain tumor Hydrocephalus
Brain malformation (Chiari type I, Dandy Walker)
Idiopathic intracranial hypertension
Carbon monoxide poisoning