A pain in the eye

Karen R. Armbrust; Gregory S. Kosmorsky; Michael S. Lee; Deborah I Friedman

doi:10.1016/j.survophthal.2013.10.006

A pain in the eye

Karen R. Armbrust, Gregory S. Kosmorsky, Michael S. Lee, Deborah I Friedman

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Abstract

A 38-year-old woman presented with chronic left retro-orbital pain and photophobia. Palpation of the left occipital prominence revealed tenderness in the area of the greater occipital nerve and reproduced the eye pain. The diagnosis of cervicogenic headache was confirmed by symptom resolution following left greater occipital nerve blockade. The functional association between the greater occipital nerve and the trigeminal nerve provides a potential mechanism for this case of cervicogenic eye pain.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	474-477
Number of pages	4
Journal	Survey of Ophthalmology
Volume	59
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.survophthal.2013.10.006
State	Published - Jul 2014

Keywords

Cervicogenic headache
Eye pain
Greater occipital nerve
Headache
Occipital nerve
Trigeminal nerve

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Ophthalmology

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