Atypical cervical radiculopathy is often treated as a different disease in other departments.

Abstract

C2 radiculopathy causes headaches in the auricular region. However, headaches caused by C3 and C4 radiculopathies have also been reported (4,5). Patients with C3 radiculopathy typically present with suboccipital pain (6), whereas those with C4 radiculopathy present with pain involving the axial cervical region, paraspinal muscles, trapezius muscle, and interscapular region (7). However, headaches caused by C3 and C4 radiculopathies actually have been reported in the retro-orbital region, temporal auricular region