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. 1997 Jan;14(1):51–52. doi: 10.1136/emj.14.1.51

Neck pain as a presenting symptom in malignant hypertension.

J Stockwell ¹, G George ¹

PMCID: PMC1342850 PMID: 9023628

Abstract

Neck pain, unrelated to trauma, is relatively common and is usually presumed to be musculoskeletal in origin. A patient presented with an unusual and serious cause of neck pain-malignant hypertension. The mechanism of the neck pain may be incipient tonsillar herniation of the cerebellum caused by raised intracranial pressure.

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