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Published in: The Journal of Headache and Pain 1/2015

Open Access 01-12-2015 | Oral presentation

O065. Drug-resistant chronic cluster headache successfully treated with supraorbital plus occipital nerve stimulation. A rare case report

Authors: Marco Mercieri, Andrea Negro, Barbara Silvestri, Lidia D'Alonzo, Sara Tigano, Roberto Arcioni, Paolo Martelletti

Published in: The Journal of Headache and Pain | Special Issue 1/2015

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Chronic cluster headache (CCH) is a rare and extremely disabling headache syndrome with a recent clinical systematization of its clinical frame from the European Headache Federation[1]. We present a case of a young man affected by drug-resistant chronic CH (rCCH) who showed improvement after a two-time combined supraorbital and occipital nerve stimulation (S-ONS). The clinical improvement was still present at 6-month follow-up. …
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Metadata
Title
O065. Drug-resistant chronic cluster headache successfully treated with supraorbital plus occipital nerve stimulation. A rare case report
Authors
Marco Mercieri
Andrea Negro
Barbara Silvestri
Lidia D'Alonzo
Sara Tigano
Roberto Arcioni
Paolo Martelletti
Publication date
01-12-2015
Publisher
Springer Milan
Published in
The Journal of Headache and Pain / Issue Special Issue 1/2015
Print ISSN: 1129-2369
Electronic ISSN: 1129-2377
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1129-2377-16-S1-A97

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