Techniques in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Management
Volume 9, Issue 2 , Pages 68-72, April 2005

Headache: Is it a migraine? Think again

  • Andrea Trescot, MD (FIPP)

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The Pain Center, Orange Park, Florida.

For many years, headaches or “migraines” have been felt to be intracranial in nature. However, recently a large number of “migraines” have been found to be due to extracranial causes which are amenable to interventional pain techniques. Recognition of the causes of extracranial headaches will result in effective and rewarding headache treatment.

Keywords:  Migraine , Headache , Cephalgia , Headache management

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PII: S1084-208X(05)00036-4

doi:10.1053/j.trap.2005.05.004

Techniques in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Management
Volume 9, Issue 2 , Pages 68-72, April 2005

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