High Cervical Myelitis Mimicking Intractable Occipital Neuralgia in a Patient with Previous Occipital Neuralgia
Yoonha Hwang, MD, Dae Woong Bae, MD, Si Ryung Han, MD, PhD, Jae Young An, MD, PhD
Department of Neurology, St. Vincent Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Suwon, Korea
Occipital neuralgia (ON) has been rarely associated with cervical cord lesions. We report high cervical
myelitis mimicking intractable ON in a previous healthy 47-year-old woman with a history of ON.
There was no history of ON in previous reports with high cervical myelitis presented with ON. Our
case supports that cervical myelitis should be considered as a cause of secondary ON when ON is
intractable even if the patient has previously had ON.
Journal of Multiple Sclerosis 8(2):34-36, 2017
