title: Greater occipital nerve neuralgia caused by pathological arterial contact: treatment by surgical decompression.
abstract: Occipital nerve neuralgia is a rare cause of severe headache, and may be difficult to treat. We report the case of a patient with occipital nerve neuralgia caused by pathological contact of the nerve with the occipital artery. The pain was refractory to medical treatment. Surgical decompression yielded complete remission.
authors: Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology, HELIOS Klinikum Wuppertal, University of Witten/Herdecke, Wuppertal, Germany.
authors: Christiane
authors: C
authors: Cornely
authors: Marius
authors: M
authors: Fischer
authors: Giulio
authors: G
authors: Ingianni
authors: Stefan
authors: S
authors: Isenmann
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D019299:Decompression, Surgical / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D020773:Headache Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D009437:Neuralgia / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D059348:Peripheral Nerve Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology