Barré–Liéou syndrome

Barré–Liéou syndrome is a rarely used traditional medical diagnosis.

What is it?[edit | edit source]

It is a complex combination of symptoms, amounting to a headache syndrome, that was originally hypothesized to be due to cervical spondylosis.

Damage to the posterior cervical sympathetic chain due to the degeneration of the cervical vertebra was postulated to play a role in this syndrome by the prolapsing of disc in the mid-cervical spine.

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