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  2. Occipital neuralgia - Wikipedia

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    Occipital neuralgia is caused by damage to the occipital nerves, which can arise from trauma (usually concussive or cervical), physical stress on the nerve, repetitive neck contraction, flexion or extension, and/or as a result of medical complications (such as osteochondroma, a benign bone tumour).

  3. Occipital cryoneurolysis - Wikipedia

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    Occipital cryoneurolysis is a procedure used to treat nerve pain generated by peripheral nerves (nerves located outside of the spinal column and skull) commonly due to the condition occipital neuralgia. [1] A probe (no larger than a small needle) is carefully placed adjacent to the specific nerve.

  4. Occipital epilepsy - Wikipedia

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    Occipital epilepsy is a neurological disorder that arises from excessive neural activity in the occipital lobe of the brain that may or may not be symptomatic. Occipital lobe epilepsy is fairly rare, and may sometimes be misdiagnosed as migraine when symptomatic.

  5. Neck-tongue syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Neck pain, occipital neuralgia, numbness or tingling in the tongue. Usual onset: 8-15 years or after trauma: Duration: Pain lasted from several seconds up to several minutes. Types: Uncomplicated and Complicated: Causes: Genetics: Frequency: Rare

  6. Squamous part of occipital bone - Wikipedia

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    That area of the squamous part, which lies above the highest nuchal lines is named the occipital plane (planum occipitale) and is covered by the occipitalis muscle. That below, termed the nuchal plane , is rough and irregular for the attachment of several muscles.

  7. Occipital nerve block - Wikipedia

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    Occipital nerve block is a procedure involving injection of steroids or anesthetics into regions of the greater occipital nerve and the lesser occipital nerve used to treat chronic headaches. These nerves are located in the back of the head near in the suboccipital triangle along the line between the inion and the mastoid process .

  8. Occipital nerve stimulation - Wikipedia

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    A period of semi-experimental PNS usage continued for 15 – 20 years. During the latter half of the 1980s, PNS became an established surgical procedure. In the late 1990s, Weiner and Reed reported the percutaneous technique of inserting electrodes in the vicinity of the occipital nerves to treat occipital neuralgia. Weiner showed that placing ...

  9. Occipital neuritis - Wikipedia

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    Occipital neuritis may refer to: Whiplash injury, or post-traumatic neck extension injuries; Occipital neuralgia This page was last edited on 29 ...

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