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New Onset Migraine With Aura Following Head Injury: A Case Report
Author(s) -
Husid Marc S.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
headache: the journal of head and face pain
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.14
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1526-4610
pISSN - 0017-8748
DOI - 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2004.4200_3.x
Subject(s) - aura , migraine , migraine with aura , headaches , anesthesia , medicine , blockade , head injury , surgery , receptor
A patient is described who developed recurrent headaches following a traumatic injury in the vicinity of the right greater occipital nerve (GON) that fulfill IHS criteria for migraine with aura. Both aura and headache can be triggered by pressure over the GON and relieved by local anesthetic blockade.