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Neuropathic facial pain can be a debilitating condition characterized by stabbing, burning, dysesthetic sensation. With a large range of causes and types, including deafferentation, postherpetic, atypical, and idiopathic, both medicine and neurosurgery have struggled to find effective treatments
Acute neurogenic pulmonary edema developed immediately after injection of bupivacaine hydrochloride into the trigeminal cistern of a 32-year-old man with atypical facial pain and no prior history of cardiopulmonary problems. This complication of trigeminal nerve blockade has not been reported
This study tested whether symptoms of pain and edema associated with change during the premenstrual phase of the monthly menstrual cycle exhibit a seasonal pattern. Menstruating chronic myofascial face pain cases (N = 99) and acquaintance controls (N = 100) were questioned about their premenstrual
An open label pilot study was conducted to evaluate efficacy of botulinum toxin injections for the treatment of patients with chronic facial pain seeking tertiary care at a pain clinic. Diagnoses included temporomandibular joint syndrome, postsurgical pain syndromes, essential headache, and
Sinuspathology must be considered when rapid onset of unilateral orbital edema is found in the absence of ophtalmologic signs. Urgent medical treatment is necessary in these patients when headache, fever, facial pain and vision problems are present. However, symptoms may be more subtle. Three female
We present a 30-year-old South Indian man who presented with complaints of left sided headache and facial pain for past 3 months, severe for past 10 days. On physical examination, right side of the face appeared normal. Left side of the face showed signs of hemi atrophy with minimal drooping of left
Mucormycosis is a severe infection in renal transplant recipients. Here, we report a case of maxillary sinus mucormycosis in a patient who presented with a facial pain complaint.A 51-year-old female patient with renal transplantation due to autosomal OBJECTIVE
To perform the anterior-to-posterior-to-anterior technique in revision endoscopic sinus surgery, and to assess the effects and safety of this technique in treating recurrent chronic sinusitis and nasal polyps.
METHODS
One hundred and thirteen patients with recurrent chronic sinusitis and
The main criteria of "cervicogenic headache" are considered to be as follows: relatively rare and long-lasting unilateral attacks of severe headache, although seemingly of a non-excruciating character, signs of neck involvement, and lack of "cluster pattern". In the present communication, the
To determine the primary diagnoses for which balloon catheter dilation (BCD) of sinus ostia is being employed in a profit-blind health care system, the Department of Defense.
Retrospective chart review.
From January 1, 2011 to December 31, 2013, 319 consecutive patient charts were reviewed for
BACKGROUND
The frequently used irrigant in dental surgery, sodium hypochlorite, is occasionally the cause of minor, usually circumscribed, adverse effects. Severe, extensive complications, with lasting sequelae, however, also can occur, as in the case we report herein.
METHODS
A 55-year-old woman
OBJECTIVE
Cluster headache (CH) is a severe unilateral and periorbital facial pain syndrome that is often associated with autonomic symptoms, including ipsilateral lacrimation, nasal congestion, conjunctival injection, miosis, ptosis, and eyelid edema. We evaluated the treatment of medically
Trigeminal neuralgia is a cause of severe facial pain, usually provoked by a neurovascular conflict, commonly involving the superior cerebellar artery (SCA).1 The superior petrosal venous complex is in the way toward the nerve through a retrosigmoid approach and can narrow the working
Exfoliation syndrome is the most common identifiable cause of open-angle glaucoma. The authors report a case of exfoliation glaucoma in a patient who had orofacial pain.
A 77-year-old woman was treated at the orofacial pain clinic for left-sided facial pain and headaches of 7 months' duration. Her
75 eyes underwent intracapsular cataract extraction with primary Choyce Mk IX anterior chamber lens implantation. None of these eyes had a traumatic or a secondary cataract, and follow up ranged from 3 to 27 months, 6 months or more for 80% of the eyes. Final visual acuity was 3/6 or better for 67