title: Occipital neuralgia following thoracic herpes zoster: case report.
abstract: Paroxysmal shooting or stabbing pain in the dermatomes of the nervus occipitalis major or nervus occipitalis minor is defined as occipital neuralgia. The initial cause of the neuralgia appears to be from inflammation, damage or irritation of these nerves. In this article, we present a patient with occipital neuralgia followed by thoracic herpes lesion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Fırat University,, Elazığ, Turkey. cfdemir@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Caner
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Feyzi Demir
authors.forename: Yahya
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Akalın
authors.forename: Said
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Berilgen
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006562:Herpes Zoster / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013909:Thorax; D014277:Trigeminal Neuralgia / Q000150:complications*