Post-traumatic headache: don't forget to test the supraorbital nerve!
We present a series of four patients with neurological symptoms following head injury. In each case neuroimaging was normal, but careful examination demonstrated altered sensation over the distribution of the supraorbital nerve. We discuss traumatic supraorbital neuralgia and how it differs from the more commonly reported idiopathic form.
Emergency Department, Royal Lancaster Infirmary, Lancaster, UK. michael@gradmedic.org
Michael
M
Stewart
Samantha
S
Boyce
Ray
R
McGlone
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000700:Analgesics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D005546:Forehead; D016489:Head Injuries, Closed / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D006987:Hypesthesia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009437:Neuralgia / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D051298:Post-Traumatic Headache / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D055815:Young Adult
D000700:Analgesics