Occipital neuralgia after scalp biopsy and curettage

Doh, Eun Jin; Yoon, Hyun Sun; Cho, Soyun; Park, H.S.

doi:10.1111/bjd.14070

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“…Occipital neuralgia has been reportedly caused by irritation or compression of the occipital nerves by muscular entrapment (3), vascular anomalies (4–6), vascular inflammation (7), primary (8–10) or metastatic tumors (11), myelitis (12), multiple sclerosis (13), cervical degenerative disease (14) or callus formation (15) and secondary to scalp biopsy (16), and whiplash injury (17). However, some of these descriptions may be better accounted for under other diagnoses, for instance; persistent headache attributed to whiplash, headache attributed to giant cell arteritis, or nummular headache.…”

Section: Occipital Neuralgiamentioning

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Other facial neuralgias

2017

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Premise In this article we review some lesser known cranial neuralgias that are distinct from trigeminal neuralgia, trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias, or trigeminal neuropathies. Included are occipital neuralgia, superior laryngeal neuralgia, auriculotemporal neuralgia, glossopharyngeal and nervus intermedius neuralgia, and pain from acute herpes zoster and postherpetic neuralgia of the trigeminal and intermedius nerves. Problem Facial neuralgias are rare and many physicians do not see such cases in their lifetime, so patients with a suspected diagnosis within this group should be referred to a specialized center where multidisciplinary team diagnosis may be available. Potential solution Each facial neuralgia can be identified on the basis of clinical presentation, allowing for precision diagnosis and planning of treatment. Treatment remains conservative with oral or topical medication recommended for neuropathic pain to be tried before more invasive procedures are undertaken. However, evidence for efficacy of current treatments remains weak.

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