Abstract

VILLATE, Sebastian  and  BUONANOTTE, Federico. Diagnostic controversies on the International Classifica tion of Headaches Disorders, III Edition. Medicina (B. Aires) [online]. 2023, vol.83, n.5, pp.762-771. ISSN 0025-7680.

The review considered points of conflict that may lead to confusion in the daily use of the International Classification of Headache Disorders (ICHD-III). Both the controversies at the time of preparing the criteria and the overlaps produced after their use in daily practice were evaluated, argued through scientific bib liography.

As relevant points, the anamnesis of a patient with headache should indicate the intensity of the pain as well as the duration of the painful episode and if its location is strictly unilateral. These points may be help ful in cases of moderate pain that do not fully meet the criteria for any of the primary headaches, a frequent dilemma in daily practice.

Keywords : International headache classification III edition; Conflicts; Controversies; Problem areas; Clinical overlap.