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This group of patients represents a significant therapeutic challenge and may require interventional or invasive therapeutic approaches.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Purpose<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Occipital neuralgia frequently occurs as a result of nerve entrapment or irritation by a tight muscle or vascular structure, or nerve trauma during whiplash injury.<\/jats:p>\n                    <jats:p>Although the entrapment theory is most commonly accepted, it lacks strong clinical evidence to support it. Accordingly, the available interventional approaches have been targeting the accessible part of the occipital nerve rather than the entrapped part.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Bedside sonography is an excellent imaging modality for soft tissue structures. Ultrasound not only allows distinguishing normal from abnormal entrapped occipital nerves, it can identify the level and the cause of entrapment as well. Ultrasound guidance allows precise occipital nerve blocks and interventions at the level of the \u201cspecific\u201d entrapment location rather than into the site of \u201cpresumed\u201d entrapment.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1111\/head.12790","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2016,3,21]],"date-time":"2016-03-21T02:48:55Z","timestamp":1458528535000},"page":"801-807","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":51,"title":["Occipital Neuralgia Diagnosis and Treatment: The Role of Ultrasound"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"56","author":[{"given":"Samer","family":"Narouze","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2016,3,21]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_7_2_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"629","DOI":"10.1177\/0333102413485658","article-title":"The International Classification of Headache Disorders, 3rd edition (beta version)","volume":"33","author":"Headache Classification Committee of the International Headache Society (IHS).","year":"2013","journal-title":"Cephalalgia."},{"key":"e_1_2_7_3_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"693","DOI":"10.1097\/01.PRS.0000101502.22727.5D","article-title":"The anatomy of the greater occipital nerve: Implications for the etiology of migraine headaches","volume":"113","author":"Mosser SW","year":"2004","journal-title":"Plast Reconstr Surg."},{"key":"e_1_2_7_4_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1435","DOI":"10.1097\/00007632-199807010-00001","article-title":"Extracranial nerves in the posterior part of the head. 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