A Case Report of an Enlarged Suboccipital Nerve with Cutaneous Branch

被引：5
作者：
Lake, Sasha
Iwanaga, Joe [1 ]
Oskouian, Rod J. [2 ]
Loukas, Marios [3 ]
Tubbs, R. Shane [4 ]
机构：
[1] Seattle Sci Fdn, Seattle, WA 98122 USA
[2] Swedish Neurosci Inst, Neurosurg, Seattle, WA USA
[3] St Georges Univ, Sch Med, Dept Anat Sci, St Georges, Grenada
[4] Seattle Sci Fdn, Neurosurg, Seattle, WA USA
来源：
CUREUS | 2018年 / 10卷 / 07期
关键词：
suboccipital nerve; c1; nerve; occiput cutaneous innervation; sensory suboccipital nerve;
D O I：
10.7759/cureus.2933
中图分类号：
R5 [内科学];
学科分类号：
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要：
Variations of the suboccipital nerve are infrequently reported. This nerve derived from the C1 spinal nerve is usually a small branch that primarily innervates the short suboccipital muscles. During the routine dissection of the occipital region in an adult cadaver, a vastly enlarged left-sided suboccipital nerve was identified. The nerve innervated the short suboccipital muscles and overlying semispinalis capitis in normal fashion. However, it continued cranially to end in the overlying skin of the occiput. Although not normally thought to have a cutaneous branch, recalcitrant occipital neuralgia might be due to such a variant branch. Future studies are necessary to further elucidate this proposed pathomechanism.
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