Trans-obliquus inferior capitis course of the greater occipital nerve: A potential cause of occipital neuralgia?

anatomy entrapment greater occipital nerve headache inferior oblique muscle migraine obliquus capitis inferior muscle obliquus inferior occipital neuralgia

Journal

Clinical anatomy (New York, N.Y.)
ISSN: 1098-2353
Titre abrégé: Clin Anat
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 8809128

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
27 Sep 2024
Historique:
revised: 09 09 2024
received: 06 08 2024
accepted: 10 09 2024
medline: 27 9 2024
pubmed: 27 9 2024
entrez: 27 9 2024
Statut: aheadofprint

Résumé

Occipital neuralgia can be due to multiple etiologies. One of these is potential compression of the greater occipital nerve (GON). In this regard, one relationship of the GON, its course through the obliquus inferior capitis muscle (OIC), has yet to be well studied. Therefore, the current anatomical study was performed to elucidate this relationship better. In the prone position, the suboccipital triangle was exposed, and the relationship between the GON and OIC was documented in 72 adult cadavers (144 sides). The GON was found to pierce the OIC on four sides (2.8%), unilaterally in two cadavers and bilaterally in one cadaver. Two cadavers were male, and one was female. Histological samples were taken from GONs with a normal course around the OIC, and nerves were found to pierce the OIC. The GON of all four sides identified histological changes consistent with nerve potential compression (e.g., epineurial and perineurial thickening). This is also the first histological analysis of the trans-OIC course of the GON, demonstrating signs of chronic nerve potential compression. Although uncommon, entrapment of the GON by the OIC may be an underrecognized etiology of occipital neuralgia.

Identifiants

pubmed: 39329339
doi: 10.1002/ca.24226
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

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Informations de copyright

© 2024 American Association of Clinical Anatomists and British Association of Clinical Anatomists.

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Auteurs

Emma R Lesser (ER)

Department of Neurosurgery, Tulane Center for Clinical Neurosciences, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

Emily M Persons (EM)

Department of Neurosurgery, Tulane Center for Clinical Neurosciences, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

Marcela Herrera (M)

Department of Neurosurgery, Tulane Center for Clinical Neurosciences, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

Anthony Sanchez-Forteza (A)

University of Illinois at Chicago School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Silvia M Vergara (SM)

Department of Neurosurgery, Tulane Center for Clinical Neurosciences, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

Chung Yoh Kim (CY)

Department of Anatomy, Dongguk University School of Medicine, Gyeongju, Republic of Korea.

Juan J Cardona (JJ)

Department of Neurosurgery, Tulane Center for Clinical Neurosciences, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

Keishiro Kikuchi (K)

Division of Gross and Clinical Anatomy, Department of Anatomy, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan.

Yoko Tabira (Y)

Division of Gross and Clinical Anatomy, Department of Anatomy, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan.

Aaron S Dumont (AS)

Department of Neurosurgery and Ochsner Neuroscience Institute, Ochsner Health System, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

Joe Iwanaga (J)

Department of Neurosurgery and Ochsner Neuroscience Institute, Ochsner Health System, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
Department of Neurology, Tulane Center for Clinical Neurosciences, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
Department of Structural & Cellular Biology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

R Shane Tubbs (RS)

Department of Neurosurgery and Ochsner Neuroscience Institute, Ochsner Health System, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
Department of Neurology, Tulane Center for Clinical Neurosciences, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
Department of Structural & Cellular Biology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
Department of Anatomical Sciences, St. George's University, St. George's, Grenada.
Department of Surgery, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

Rarinthorn Samrid (R)

Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand.

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