Razdan et al. Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011, 5:77 http://www.jmedicalcasereports.com/content/5/1/77 Abbreviations CRF: chronic renal failure; CT: computed tomography; NSAIDS: nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. Author details 1Department of Medicine, ASCOMS, Sidhra, Jammu, J&K, India. 2Department of Anaesthesia, ASCOMS, Sidhra, Jammu, J&K, India. 3Department of Medicine, ASCOMS, Sidhra, Jammu, J&K, India. Authors’ contributions SR and KKP evaluated the patient. KKP, VC, and SK collected data, reviewed the literature, and wrote the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests. Received: 22 May 2010 Accepted: 24 February 2011 Published: 24 February 2011 References 1. Kernick D: Important secondary headaches in the elderly. In Headache: A Practical Manual. Indian edition. Edited by: Kernick D, Goadsby PJ. New Delhi: Oxford University Press; 2009:232-237. 2. Adam R, Victor M: Headache and other craniofacial pains. In Adam and Victor’s Principles of Neurology. 8 edition. Edited by: Ropper AH, Brown RH. New York: McGraw Hill; 2005:157-158. 3. Kunkel RS: Classification and differential diagnosis of headache. In Office Practice of Neurology. Edited by: Samuels MA, Feske S. New York: Churchill Livingstone; 1996:1101-1104. 4. Ahmed F: Headaches due to systemic or metabolic disease. In Headache: A Practical Manual. Indian edition. Edited by: Kernick D, Goadsby PJ. New Delhi: Oxford University Press; 2009:208-209. 5. Cho KC, Fukagawa M, Kurokawa K: Fluid and electrolyte disorders. In Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment. 48 edition. Edited by: McPhee SJ, Papadakis MA. New York: McGraw Hill; 2009:766-93. 6. Dorenbeck U, Leingartner T, Bretschneider T, Kramer BK, Feuerbach S: Tentorial and dural calcification with tertiary hyperparathyroidism: a rare entity in chronic renal failure. Eur Radiol 2002, 12:11-13. 7. Bargman JM, Skorekci K: Chronic kidney disease. In Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine. 17 edition. Edited by: Fauci AS, Braunwald E, Kasper DL, Hauser SL, Longo DL, Jameson AL, Loscalzo J. New York: McGraw Hill; 2008:1761-1771. doi:10.1186/1752-1947-5-77 Cite this article as: Razdan et al.: New-onset headache in an elderly man with uremia that improved only after correction of hyperphosphatemia (“uremic headache”): a case report. Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:77. Page 3 of 3 Submit your next manuscript to BioMed Central and take full advantage of: • Convenient online submission • Thorough peer review • No space constraints or color ﬁgure charges • Immediate publication on acceptance • Inclusion in PubMed, CAS, Scopus and Google Scholar • Research which is freely available for redistribution Submit your manuscript at www.biomedcentral.com/submit