QUININE AMBLYOPIA TREATED BY STELLATE GANGLION BLOCK

Thalamic pain alleviated by stellate ganglion block

RATIONALE Thalamic pain is a distressing and treatment-resistant type of central post-stroke pain. Although stellate ganglion block is an established intervention used in pain management, its use in the treatment of thalamic pain has never been reported. PATIENT CONCERNS A 66-year-old woman presented with a 3-year history of severe intermittent lancinating pain on the right side of the face a...

Stellate ganglion block in glaucoma.

Quinine Amblyopia.

THE following case history demonstrated several interestingpoints and for that reason is worth recording. The patient, Mrs. L., was a leading Wren aged 27 years, and was stationed at a Royal Naval Establishment on the east coast of C-eylon. She was married in June, 1944, and went up country for her honeymoon. Towards the end of this period, July 2, she developed general symptoms of malaise, fro...

Severe hypertension after stellate ganglion block.

Haemodynamic effects may occur after stellate ganglion block (SGB) arising from autonomic imbalance and local anaesthetic infiltration to barosensitive areas. We report seven patients who developed severe hypertension (systolic arterial pressure >200 mm Hg) after SGB in our pain clinic service. We postulate that diffusion of the local anaesthetic along the carotid sheath may produce vagal block...

Seborrheic dermatitis treatment with stellate ganglion block

disorder characterized by hyperkeratosis, acanthosis, accentuated rete ridges, focal spongiosis, and parakeratosis. It is usually caused by increased sebaceous gland activity, and manifests itself through the apparition of ill-defined eryhematous patches accompanied by fine scaling in areas of high sebum secretion, including the scalp, face, eyebrows, nasal alar creases, melolabial folds, ears,...