Greater occipital neuralgia associated to an occipital osteolytic lesion: Case report;Nevralgia do occipital maior associada a lesão osteolítica occipital: Relato de caso

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 114-119

  Piovesan, Elcio Juliato ^a   Werneck, Lineu Cesar ^a   Kowacs, Pedro André ^a   Tatsui, Claudio ^a   Lange, Marcos Christiano ^a   Carraro Jr , Hipolito ^a   Wittig, Ehrenfried Othmar ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Entrapment neuropathy; Greater occipital neuralgia; Headache; Occipital bone

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CRANIAL NERVE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NEURALGIA; OCCIPITAL BONE; OSTEOLYSIS; PATHOLOGY;

CRANIAL NERVES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEURALGIA; OCCIPITAL BONE; OSTEOLYSIS;

EID: 0033091611     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x1999000100023     Document Type: Article

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