facial pain/inflammation

We studied one hundred patients with suspected temporomandibular joint (TMJ) arthropathy in whom 64 also complained of headache and/or facial pain, using high field surface coil magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, and found that headache and facial pain are commonly observed in association with

Our laboratory previously developed a novel neuropathic and inflammatory facial pain model for mice referred to as the Trigeminal Inflammatory Compression (TIC) model. Rather than inducing whole nerve ischemia and neuronal loss, this injury induces only slight peripheral nerve demyelination

Oro-facial pain following injury and infection is frequently observed in dental clinics. While neuropathic pain evoked by injury associated with nerve lesion has an involvement of glia/immune cells, inflammatory hyperalgesia has an exaggerated sensitization mediated by local and circulating immune

The general causes of upper dental plexus injury are tooth disturbances and the periodontal tissues diseases, the pathology of maxillary sinus, various traumatically manipulations in the area of tooth and maxilla as well. The main symptom of upper tooth neural plexus injury is acute and chronic pain

BACKGROUND Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is characterized by unilateral, severe, brief, stabbing, recurrent pain in the distribution of one or more branches of the fifth cranial nerve. Symptomatic or secondary TN involves TN-like pain that develops owing to a central nervous system lesion (benign or

METHODS Granulomatous infectious processes have a wide differential diagnosis. This report describes the case of a 73-year-old woman who had gone through an 8-year ordeal involving several paranasal sinus operations, development of chronic facial pain, orbital exenteration of the left eye, and now

BACKGROUND Wegener's granulomatosis (WG) is a systemic vasculitis involving the nervous system in 20-54% of cases; lesions of peripheral nerves are commonest, while manifestation in the central nervous system (CNS) is rarer. Focal hypertrophic pachymeningitis is a very rare complication of WG. This

IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is an uncommon immune-mediated condition considered to be a systemic disease, described in multiple organ systems. IgG4-RD that involves the maxillary and sinonasal region is rare. This report presents a very rare presentation of IgG4-RD in the maxillary alveolar

Subacute thyroiditis is an inflammatory condition of the thyroid gland in which pain may be referred to the jaws. The clinical features of the condition are outlined and emphasized through an illustrative case report. Clinicians should include this disease in the differential diagnosis of facial

The case of a 32-year-old woman who sustained a nasal bone fracture and dental trauma at the age of 9 is described in this article. Misdiagnosis of the dental displacement into the middle turbinate at the initial examination led to chronic facial pain. The cause of the pain was incorrectly diagnosed

Lingual or inferior alveolar nerve (IAN) injury after dental procedures may result from direct trauma or local anesthetic agent and presents with immediate onset of typically nonprogressive symptoms, including pain and sensory changes. We report a case of delayed-onset pain and progressive sensory

A major difficulty in the investigation of chronic facial pain has been a practical classification permitting the selection of appropriate diagnostic procedures to elucidate the etiology of the pain and to provide appropriate therapy. Categorization of facial pain syndromes into vascular, neuritic,

Headaches and facial pain are common complaints. In many cases patients are referred to an otolaryngologist to determine if head pain is sinus related. In the absence of other nasal or sinus symptoms, some rhinogenic headaches can be overlooked or misdiagnosed. A complete history and thorough ENT

Inflammation or injuries of the trigeminal nerve are often associated with persistent facial pain and its sequelae. A number of models have been described to study trigeminal pain in rodents, but the long-lasting behavioral consequences are unknown. This study characterizes the impact of a distal

The nasal mucosa is one of the anatomical region which have the highest density of sensory innervation. The function of this sensory innervation is probably linked to the protection of the lower airways against inhalation of airborne particles and potentially harmful substances. Chronic