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Occipital Neuralgia as an Isolated Symptom of C2 Myelitis
Author(s) -
Nikakis Panayiotis,
Koutsis Georgios,
Potagas Constantin,
Mandellos Dimitrios,
Sfagos Constantinos
Publication year - 2006
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.1526-4610.2006.00543_2.x
Subject(s) - occipital neuralgia , medicine , myelitis , neuralgia , spinal cord , anesthesia , neuropathic pain , psychiatry
Occipital neuralgia has been attributed to lesions at a peripheral nerve or radicular level. On rare occasions, it has been associated with cervical cord lesions. We report a 55‐year‐old woman who presented with an isolated occipital neuralgia and was found on further investigation to have a restricted, isolated myelitis at C2 level. This represents the second reported case of occipital neuralgia due to C2 myelitis and should alert clinicians to considering cervical MRI in patients with occipital neuralgia.