Disorders in the lower cervical spine. A cause of unilateral headache? A case report.
Various pathoanatomical disorders may underlie cervicogenic headache. We present a patient who, after 15 years of unilateral headache and neck pain, developed radiating pain in the ipsilateral (left) arm. Cervical myelography demonstrated herniation of the C6-C7 intervertebral disc with involvement of the left C7-root. After decompression of this root, with disappearance of the radiating symptoms, the left-sided unilateral headache also disappeared. The follow-up time is 38 months.
Michler
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Department of Neurology, Trondheim University Hospital, Norway.
Bovim
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Sjaastad
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D000328:Adult; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male