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Oct 2026
Lesser Occipital Neuralgia Secondary to Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) Mask Headgear: A Case Report
Occipital neuralgia is a well-characterised cause of unilateral head and neck pain arising from irritation of the greater or lesser occipital nerve (LON). External headwear (helmets, goggles, and tight headbands) is a recognised trigger of pericranial pain, formally classified by the International Classification of Hea...
Sofia Meixedo, Inácio Menezes, Cláudia Matos Dinis et al.
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