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Occipital neuralgia is a specific type of headache. It is located in the upper neck and upper back of the head. A headache due to ON will begin suddenly. It will begin with a brief, piercing or shock-like pain that spreads upward to the top of the head. ON may be felt on both sides of the head, or on just one side.
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2 sie 2017 · Occipital headache is considered a risk factor for serious secondary headache pathology. The purpose of our study was to assess the etiology of occipital headaches among children visiting the emergency department.
Children with occipital headache are more likely to undergo neuroimaging. In the absence of concerning features on the history and in the setting of a normal neurologic examination, neuroimaging can be deferred in most pediatric patients when occipital pain is present.
5 sie 2020 · Background. Symptoms and findings called orange or red flags may indicate the etiology of pediatric headaches and may point to a life-threatening situation requiring urgent treatment and thus can alter patient management. These findings can be either misleading or prognostic for clinicians.
8 kwi 2014 · CONCLUSIONS: Children with occipital headache are more likely to undergo neuroimaging. In our study, occipital pain was associated with Chiari I malformation but not with more serious intracranial pathology.
10 lip 2018 · Recent findings: Occipital headaches are a common presentation of primary headache disorders in children, seen in 7-16% of children presenting for evaluation of headache and in up to 20% of children diagnosed with migraine in the emergency department.
Recent Findings Occipital headaches are a common presentation of primary headache disorders in children, seen in 7–16% of children presenting for evaluation of headache and in up to 20% of children diagnosed with migraine in the emergency
