TY - JOUR
T1 - Greater occipital neuralgia
T2 - An ocular pain syndrome with multiple etiologies
AU - Knox, D. L.
AU - Mustonen, E.
PY - 1975/12/1
Y1 - 1975/12/1
N2 - The greater occipital neuralgia syndrome should be suspected in patients, usually women, who complain of ocular, orbital, or temple pain for which no cause can be found. Patients will have either no local disease or ocular problems not usually associated with pain. Pressure on the greater occipital nerves may elicit exquisite tenderness and reproduce the referred pain in eye, orbit, or temple. Therapy is directed at reducing posterior neck muscle tension and painful stimuli from the irritated nerves. Local anesthetic injections with or without soluble corticosteroid give dramatic relief.
AB - The greater occipital neuralgia syndrome should be suspected in patients, usually women, who complain of ocular, orbital, or temple pain for which no cause can be found. Patients will have either no local disease or ocular problems not usually associated with pain. Pressure on the greater occipital nerves may elicit exquisite tenderness and reproduce the referred pain in eye, orbit, or temple. Therapy is directed at reducing posterior neck muscle tension and painful stimuli from the irritated nerves. Local anesthetic injections with or without soluble corticosteroid give dramatic relief.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 1154580
AN - SCOPUS:0346396678
SN - 0002-7154
VL - 79
SP - OP513-OP519
JO - Transactions of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology
JF - Transactions of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology
IS - 3 I
ER -