Vascular compression as a potential cause of occipital neuralgia: A case report

Cephalalgia

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 78-82

  White, J B ^b   Atkinson, P P ^b   Cloft, H J ^b   Atkinson, J L D ^a,b  

^a Department of Neurosurgery ^*  (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Microvascular decompression; Occipital neuralgia; Vascular compression

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; STEROID; TRIPTAN DERIVATIVE;

ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL PLEXUS; CHIROPRACTIC; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DORSAL ROOT; FEMALE; HUMAN; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; NERVE ROOT; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; NEURALGIA; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL NEURALGIA; POSTERIOR INFERIOR CEREBELLAR ARTERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGERY;

CRANIAL NERVES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEURALGIA; OCCIPITAL LOBE;

EID: 36749011354     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: 14682982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2982.2007.01427.x     Document Type: Article

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