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Head at base of skull under the occipital bone, when pressed, there is pressure, tension and numbness in head. dizzy, disoriented. what can this be?

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Several possibilitie: The differential includes greater occipital neuralgia, cervical spine disease, chiari one malformation, platybasia and basilar invagination. There are others but you need a further workup to determine the cause. Good luck.

Dr Rhoads agreed

Answered 6/21/2020

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