Hemifacial Pain and Hemisensory Disturbance Referred from Occipital Neuralgia Caused by Pathological Vascular Contact of the Greater Occipital Nerve

Here we report a unique case of chronic occipital neuralgia caused by pathological vascular contact of the left greater occipital nerve. After 12 months of left-sided, unremitting occipital neuralgia, a hypesthesia and facial pain developed in the left hemiface. The decompression of the left greater...

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Main Authors: Byung-chul Son, Jin-gyu Choi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2017-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Neurological Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/3827369