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There is a question as to whether or not occipital neuralgia should be included in the entrapment syndromes. Involvement of the nerve is a common cause of severe headache. Cox has divided occipital nerve pain into two categories, those having a relationship to the thoracic outlet syndrome, and symptoms arising from direct involvement of the nerve.
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Turner, O.A., Taslitz, N., Ward, S. (1990). Occipital Nerve Neuralgia. In: Handbook of Peripheral Nerve Entrapments. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4492-9_32
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