Current pain and headache reports
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Curr Pain Headache Rep · Aug 2006
ReviewChemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy: underreported and underappreciated.
Chemotherapy-induced neuropathy is one of the most serious non-life-threatening side effects experienced by patients receiving this group of pharmaceutical agents. Although frequently reversible, some patients may remain with symptoms for the remainder of their lives. Early recognition that "numbness and tingling" in the hands and feet of a patient receiving chemotherapy is due to the antineoplastic drug, with subsequent dose reduction or discontinuation of the offending agent, may prevent the development of serious neurologic dysfunction.
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The connection between headache and the cervical spine has been a theme of debate for decades. Cervicogenic headache is a headache related to the cervical spine that often is misdiagnosed and treated inadequately because of confusing and varying terminology. In this article, we discuss our experience in diagnosing and treating cervicogenic headache.