Template:Neck Pain DDX
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Diferential Diagnosis
Acute Neck Pain
Neck pain can result from any innervated cervical spine structure
- Facet joints
- Posterior neck muscles
- Intervertebral disc
- Vertebral bodies
- Anterior and posterior longitudinal ligaments
- Dura mater
- Prevertebral muscles
- C0/C1 and C1/C2 lateral joints
- Vertebral and internal carotid arteries
Cervicogenic Headache
- C1
- Joints: Median C1/2, C0/1,
- Ligaments: Transverse C1/2 ligament, Alar ligament
- Muscles: Prevertebral, sternomastoid, trapezius, suboccipital
- Dura: Upper spinal cord, posterior cranial fossa
- Arteries: Vertebral and internal carotid arteries
- C2
- Joints: Lateral C1/2
- Muscles: Semispinalis, Splenius
- C2
- Joints: C2/3 ZA joint, C2/3 disc
- Muscles: Mutifidus, semispinalis
