The Pressure of Headache at the United Kingdom CSF Disorders Day 2023

ABSTRACT

Headache in intracranial disorders drives significant disability in our patients. Management principles for secondary headaches require a multidisciplinary approach with expertise from the neurological, neuro-ophthalmological, neuroradiological, and neurosurgical specialities. The Pressure of Headache was the theme of the annual United Kingdom CSF Disorders Day and saw speakers and panellists from Australia, Europe, and the United States. Among the topics presented were the newest concepts underpinning idiopathic intracranial hypertension management and spontaneous intracranial hypotension. Advances in our knowledge of cerebrospinal fluid secretion and the visual snow syndrome debate were particular highlights. This review provides a summary of the research on headache disorders that overlap the neuro-ophthalmological axis of care for patients.

KEYWORDS:

• Headache
• idiopathic intracranial hypertension
• migraine
• optical coherence tomography
• spontaneous intracranial hypotension
• visual snow syndrome

Disclosure statement

In the last three years Susan Mollan has received payment for consultancy work from Invex Therapeutics, Neurodiem, and the Velux foundation. She has received payment for advisory boards from Abbie Vie, Gensight and Ocular Therapeutix. She has received speaker fees from Heidelberg Engineering. Grant funding has been paid to her institution from the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR131211), UK Space Agency and IIHUK. Gabriele Berman has no relevant affiliations or financial involvement with any organization or entity with a financial interest in or financial conflict with the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript.

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Funding

This work was not supported by any funding.