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A case report of complex auricular neuralgia treated with the great auricular nerve and facet blocks

BACKGROUND: The great auricular nerve is a cutaneous branch of the cervical plexus originating from the C2 and C3 spinal nerves. It innervates the skin over the external ear, the angle of the mandible and the parotid gland. It communicates with the ansa cervicalis. Great auricular neuralgia is rarel...

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Autores principales: Eghtesadi, Marzieh, Leroux, Elizabeth, Vargas-Schaffer, Grisell
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5322840/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28255253
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/JPR.S126923