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Craniocervical Junction Schwannoma Mimicking Occipital Neuralgia
Author(s) -
Garza Ivan
Publication year - 2007
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.1526-4610.2007.00887.x
Subject(s) - occipital neuralgia , hypoesthesia , medicine , schwannoma , neuralgia , neuroscience , anesthesia , radiology , surgery , psychology , neuropathic pain
Occipital neuralgia is a very well recognized cause of posterior headache. Although hypoesthesia may be found in the individual occipital nerve's territory, the remaining neurologic exam is typically normal. An abnormal neurologic exam is an alert for potential underlying causes of symptoms.