Cervicogenic headache: Current concepts of pathogenesis related to anatomical structure

T.A. Fredriksen, O. Sjaastad

Departments of Neurosurgery and Neurology, Trondheim University Hospitals, Trondheim, Norway.

ABSTRACT
A brief summary will be given of the putative etiological factors/topography that so far have been discussed in the context of cervicogenic headache (CEH), in approximately sequential order. Some of these factors have some basis in clinical research and practice; others are more speculative.

Key words
Cervicogenic headache, cervical spine, C1-C7 roots, peripheral area neck/head nerves, C2-C7 zygoapophyseal joints, intervertebral disc, vertebral artery.

Please address correspondence and reprint requests to: Torbjørn A. Fredriksen, MD, PhD, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine, Regionsykehuset i Trondheim, Trondheim University Hospitals, 7006 Trondheim, Norway.
E-mail: berit.mjoen@medisin.ntnu.no

Clin Exp Rheumatol 2000: 18 (Suppl. 19): S16-S18.
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