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. 2002 Mar 12;58(5):802-5.
doi: 10.1212/wnl.58.5.802.

Trochleitis and migraine headache

Julio Yangüela  1 , Juan A Pareja, Nicolas Lopez, Margarita Sánchez Del Río
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Trochleitis and migraine headache

Julio Yangüela et al. Neurology. .

Abstract

Idiopathic trochleitis is a cause of superimposed ocular pain in patients with migraine. Trochleitis usually presents as an orbital pain without obvious ocular signs. Like greater occipital neuralgia, trochleitis may sustain or trigger the pain of chronic migraine. Diagnosis is confirmed by peritrochlear steroid injection, which produces a quick relief of periocular symptoms and may improve headache control.

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  • Trochleitis and migraine headache.
    Tychsen L. Tychsen L. Neurology. 2003 Aug 12;61(3):425; author reply 425. doi: 10.1212/wnl.61.3.425-a. Neurology. 2003. PMID: 12913223 No abstract available.

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