Adiposis dolorosa of scalp presenting with severe headache: an unusual case

A 46-year-old female, known case of adiposis dolorosa since adolescence, noticed painful thickening of scalp in bilateral parieto-occipital areas and vertex 1 year back. Six weeks prior to the presentation to our service, she developed severe occipital headache refractory to drug treatment. She impr...

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Autores principales: Kawale, Juhi, Mahore, Amit, Dange, Nitin, Bhoyar, Kalpesh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Milan 2010
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Brief Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3476222/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20811764
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10194-010-0253-9
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author Kawale, Juhi
Mahore, Amit
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description A 46-year-old female, known case of adiposis dolorosa since adolescence, noticed painful thickening of scalp in bilateral parieto-occipital areas and vertex 1 year back. Six weeks prior to the presentation to our service, she developed severe occipital headache refractory to drug treatment. She improved after bilateral greater occipital nerve blocks. She was subjected to bilateral greater occipital chemical neurolysis which has given her complete pain relief.
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spelling pubmed-34762222012-11-29 Adiposis dolorosa of scalp presenting with severe headache: an unusual case Kawale, Juhi Mahore, Amit Dange, Nitin Bhoyar, Kalpesh J Headache Pain Brief Report A 46-year-old female, known case of adiposis dolorosa since adolescence, noticed painful thickening of scalp in bilateral parieto-occipital areas and vertex 1 year back. Six weeks prior to the presentation to our service, she developed severe occipital headache refractory to drug treatment. She improved after bilateral greater occipital nerve blocks. She was subjected to bilateral greater occipital chemical neurolysis which has given her complete pain relief. Springer Milan 2010-09-02 2010-12 /pmc/articles/PMC3476222/ /pubmed/20811764 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10194-010-0253-9 Text en © Springer-Verlag 2010
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Adiposis dolorosa of scalp presenting with severe headache: an unusual case
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title_full Adiposis dolorosa of scalp presenting with severe headache: an unusual case
title_fullStr Adiposis dolorosa of scalp presenting with severe headache: an unusual case
title_full_unstemmed Adiposis dolorosa of scalp presenting with severe headache: an unusual case
title_short Adiposis dolorosa of scalp presenting with severe headache: an unusual case
title_sort adiposis dolorosa of scalp presenting with severe headache: an unusual case
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3476222/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20811764
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10194-010-0253-9
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