title: [Treatment of vascular pain of the face by methylprednisolone injection into the area of the greater occipital nerve: 16 cases].
abstract: Sixteen patients suffering from cluster headache received an injection of 160 mg methylprednisolone into the region of the greater occipital nerve ipsilateral to the pain, when free of headache. In episodic cluster (n = 8), attacks ceased in 2 cases and decreased in severity and frequency in one other. Three patients failed to respond at all. Two became headache-free, but the injection had possibly been performed towards the time when the episode might have been expected to end spontaneously. In chronic cluster (n = 8), four patients failed to respond at all. Four others improved, but only partially and transiently. On the whole, the present results are not as favourable as those obtained by Anthony, who advocated this technique.
authors.affiliation: Clinique des Maladies du Système Nerveux, Service du Pr. Laplane, Hôpital de la Salpêtrière, Paris.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bigo
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Delrieu
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Bousser
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003027:Cluster Headache / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005157:Facial Pain / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008775:Methylprednisolone / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008875:Middle Aged; D014653:Vascular Headaches / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D008775:Methylprednisolone
vernacular_title: Traitement des algies vasculaires de la face par injection de methylprednisolone dans la région du grand nerf occipital: 16 cas.