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Headache and the Frontal Sinus

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Frontal headache frequently accompanies obstruction and inflammation of the frontal sinuses, but may also reflect other sources of head pain not related to sinus pathology.

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Abbreviations

AAOHNS:

American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

IHS:

International Headache Society

MOH:

Medication overuse headache

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  1. Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, 231 Albert Sabin Way, Cincinnati, OH, 45267, USA

    Charles A. Parker MD & Allen M. Seiden MD

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  1. Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia, USA

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Parker, C.A., Seiden, A.M. (2016). Headache and the Frontal Sinus. In: Kountakis, S., Senior, B., Draf, W. (eds) The Frontal Sinus. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-48523-1_12

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