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Auriculotemporal and Zygomaticotemporal Nerve Block

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Entrapment of the auriculotemporal nerve (ATN) could possibly be the most frequent of all the trigeminal headaches. Classically, the patient presents with complaints of headache in the area of temple. There are two main presentations when the ATN is involved: auriculotemporal neuralgia and auriculotemporal syndrome.

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  1. Department of Neuroanaesthesiology and Critical Care Neurosciences Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

    Siddharth Chavali & Girija Prasad Rath

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    Girija Prasad Rath

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Chavali, S., Rath, G.P. (2019). Auriculotemporal and Zygomaticotemporal Nerve Block. In: Rath, G. (eds) Handbook of Trigeminal Neuralgia. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2333-1_13

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