Occipital neuroma triggered cluster headache responding to greater occipital nerve blockade

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 74-76

  Di Stani, Fabrizio ^a,c   Piovesan, Elcio Juliato ^b   Scattoni, Lorena ^a   Bruti, Gianluca ^a   Werneck, Lineu Cesar ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; LIDOCAINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; STEROID; SUMATRIPTAN; VALPROIC ACID; VERAPAMIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLUSTER HEADACHE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MONOTHERAPY; NERVE BLOCK; NEUROMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; OXYGEN THERAPY;

EID: 42049094012     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2008000100017     Document Type: Article

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