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Hemifacial Pain and Hemisensory Disturbance Referred from Occipital Neuralgia Caused by Pathological Vascular Contact of the Greater Occipital Nerve
Joint Authors
Source
Case Reports in Neurological Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2017, Issue 2017 (31 Dec. 2017), pp.1-5, 5 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2017-02-26
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
5
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Here we report a unique case of chronic occipital neuralgia caused by pathological vascular contact of the left greater occipital nerve.
After 12 months of left-sided, unremitting occipital neuralgia, a hypesthesia and facial pain developed in the left hemiface.
The decompression of the left greater occipital nerve from pathological contacts with the occipital artery resulted in immediate relief for hemifacial sensory change and facial pain, as well as chronic occipital neuralgia.
Although referral of pain from the stimulation of occipital and cervical structures innervated by upper cervical nerves to the frontal head of V1 trigeminal distribution has been reported, the development of hemifacial sensory change associated with referred trigeminal pain from chronic occipital neuralgia is extremely rare.
Chronic continuous and strong afferent input of occipital neuralgia caused by pathological vascular contact with the greater occipital nerve seemed to be associated with sensitization and hypersensitivity of the second-order neurons in the trigeminocervical complex, a population of neurons in the C2 dorsal horn characterized by receiving convergent input from dural and cervical structures.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Son, Byung-chul& Choi, Jin-gyu. 2017. Hemifacial Pain and Hemisensory Disturbance Referred from Occipital Neuralgia Caused by Pathological Vascular Contact of the Greater Occipital Nerve. Case Reports in Neurological Medicine،Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-5.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Son, Byung-chul& Choi, Jin-gyu. Hemifacial Pain and Hemisensory Disturbance Referred from Occipital Neuralgia Caused by Pathological Vascular Contact of the Greater Occipital Nerve. Case Reports in Neurological Medicine No. 2017 (2017), pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1147131
American Medical Association (AMA)
Son, Byung-chul& Choi, Jin-gyu. Hemifacial Pain and Hemisensory Disturbance Referred from Occipital Neuralgia Caused by Pathological Vascular Contact of the Greater Occipital Nerve. Case Reports in Neurological Medicine. 2017. Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1147131
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1147131