Neurovascular headache and occipital neuralgia secondary to bleeding of bulbocervical cavernoma

Cephalalgia

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1074-1079

  Bruti, G ^a,c   Mostardini, C ^a   Pierallini, A ^b   Villani, V ^a   Modini, C ^a   Cerbo, R ^a  

^a POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

^b IRCCS SAN RAFFAELE PISANA   (Italy)

^c FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bulbocervical cavernoma; Migraine; Neuropathic pain; Occipital neuralgia; Trigeminocervical complex

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; CYCLOOXYGENASE 1 INHIBITOR; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ALLODYNIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRAINE; NECK PAIN; NEURALGIA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; VASCULAR HEADACHE;

ADULT; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; HEADACHE; HEMANGIOMA, CAVERNOUS; HUMANS; MALE; NEURALGIA; OCCIPITAL LOBE;

EID: 34548067227     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: 14682982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2982.2007.01363.x     Document Type: Article

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