Presentation about differential diagnosis of headache with meningeal signs and how to exclude each one of them

2. Dr: Khalid Saleh
Headache with meningeal
signs
Prepared by:
Khawlah AL-shothmi

3. What is headache?

4. What are the causes of
headache ?

5. Meningeal signs

7. • Meningitis.
• Meningism.
• Encephalitis.
• Meningoencephalitis.
• Subarachnoid hemorrhage.
• Cerebritis.
• Brain abscess.

9. Meningitis

10. Meningitis

11. Types of meningitis
• Bacterial meningitis.
• Viral meningitis.
• Tuberculous
meningitis.

12. How to diagnose it?

15. • Lumbar puncture.
Cell count.
Protein.
Glucose
PCR.
Serology.
• Imaging.
MRI
EEG

17. Treatment
• According the type of meningitis
and stage of disease.

18. Meningism

21. What are the causes of subarachnoid
hemorrhage?

22. Subarachnoid hemorrhage

23. Diagnosis
• History and examination.
• CT.
• C.S.F.
• Coagulation profile.

26. • What will happen if it
was not treated?

27. Encephalitis

32. So how can we treat
encephalitis?

34. Meningoencephalitis

35. Causes
• Bacterial infection.
• Viral infection.
• Protozoal infection.
• Others.

36. Diagnosis
• History and examination.
• CT.
• C.S.F.
• EEG.
• MRI.

38. Cerebritis

39. What is the difference between
cerebritis and crerbral
abscess?