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Greater occipital nerve neuralgia caused by pathological arterial contact: treatment by surgical decompression |
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| Authors: | Cornely Christiane Fischer Marius Ingianni Giulio Isenmann Stefan |
| Institution: | Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology, HELIOS Klinikum Wuppertal, University of Witten/Herdecke, Wuppertal, Germany. |
| Abstract: | Occipital nerve neuralgia is a rare cause of severe headache, and may be difficult to treat. We report the case of a patient with occipital nerve neuralgia caused by pathological contact of the nerve with the occipital artery. The pain was refractory to medical treatment. Surgical decompression yielded complete remission. |
| Keywords: | headache neuralgic pain occipital nerve neuralgia pathological nerve–vessel contact surgical decompression |
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