Occipital neuralgia in lung carcinoma: A rare clinical scenario case report

Archive of Oncology

Kumar Parida Dillip¹  Kumar Das Majumdar Saroj¹  Sarang Dhar Sovan¹  Sahoo Rajendra²  Hossain Khan Zulfuqur³ 

[1] All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Department of Radiotherapy, Bhubaneswar, India;Health World Hospitals, Anaesthesiology and Pain Management Department, Durgapur, India;North Delhi Municipal Corporation, Medical College and Hindu Rao Hospital, Department of Physiology, New Delhi, India;

关键词: Pain;    Neuralgia;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Occipital neuralgia is an uncommon cause of pain over occipital region. When occipital nerves are affected due to osteogenic / vasculogenic / neurogenic causes it is manifested as a sharp shooting or stabbing type of pain over the occipital region of scalp, often progressing to involve the vertex and the temporal region as well. Use and withdrawal of variety of drugs result in headache. The role of any chemotherapeutic drug, as a causative agent for occipital neuralgia, has not been described in literature so far. We are reporting a rare case of occipital neuralgia precipitated while on combination chemotherapy regimen in lung carcinoma.

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