Idiopathic Non-Dental Facial Pain Syndromes in Italian Children: A Clinical Case Series
Background. The orofacial pain syndromes (OFPs) are a heterogeneous group of syndromes characterized by painful attacks involving the orofacial structures.
Edvige Correnti +13 more
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Stellate ganglion block for persistent idiopathic facial pain
Persistent idiopathic facial pain is a facial pain disorder without any identifiable cause. A patient has persistent facial pain without any objective sign on clinical examination or investigations.
Poonam Patel, Madhuri Annarao Lokapur
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Grading the intensity of nondental orofacial pain: Identification of cutoff points for mild, moderate, and severe pain [PDF]
Background: When assessing pain in clinical practice, clinicians often label pain as mild, moderate, and severe. However, these categories are not distinctly defined, and are often used arbitrarily.
Brailo, V, Zakrzewska, JM
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Effect of Cervical Sympathetic Ganglion Block in Management of Atypical Facial Pain
Atypical facial pain is diagnosed when clinical features do not fulfill any of the available diagnostic criteria, and it is known to be a sympathetically mediated pain. Therefore, cervical sympathetic ganglion block is effective in the management of pain.
K. Navin Kumar +3 more
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An atypical case of trigeminal trophic syndrome: a legal medicine perspective in medical responsibility [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Trigeminal trophic syndrome is a rare complication of peripheral or central damage to the trigeminal nerve characterized by anesthesia, paresthesia and a secondary persistent facial ulceration.
DE VINCENTIIS, Marco +4 more
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We present this report of a young patient with chronic severe atypical facial pain who was successfully controlled with stellate ganglion block under ultrasound guidance.
Harsha Shanthanna
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Spontaneous Carotid Artery Dissection Presenting as Trigeminal Neuralgia in the Emergency Department [PDF]
Introduction: Carotid artery dissection (CAD) is a critical diagnosis in the emergency department (ED). Trigeminal neuralgia, while not uncommon, may cause the patient significant discomfort but generally is not attributed to severe morbidity and ...
Look, Robert +2 more
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Diagnosis and management of trigeminal neuropathic pains [PDF]
Trigeminal neuropathic pains have presented diagnostic and therapeutic challenges to providers. In addition, knowledge of pathophysiology, current classification systems, taxonomy and phenotyping of these conditions are incomplete.
Napeñas, JJ, Zakrzewska, JM
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Pain management procedures used by dental and maxillofacial surgeons: an investigation with special regard to odontalgia [PDF]
Background Little is known about the procedures used by German dental and maxillofacial surgeons treating patients suffering from chronic orofacial pain (COP). This study aimed to evaluate the ambulatory management of COP.
Stefan Wirz +33 more
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Human Inborn Errors of Immunity: 2019 Update of the IUIS Phenotypical Classification. [PDF]
Since 2013, the International Union of Immunological Societies (IUIS) expert committee (EC) on Inborn Errors of Immunity (IEI) has published an updated phenotypic classification of IEI, which accompanies and complements their genotypic classification ...
Ailal, Fatima +18 more
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