Chronic paroxysmal hemicrania presenting as toothache

Chronic paroxysmal hemicrania presenting as toothache

Chronic paroxysmal hemicrania is an intermittent head-pain problem that is characterized by pain paroxysms lasting about 15 minutes. The attacks usually produce pain in the frontotemporal region and are responsive to indomethacin. A set of symptoms that defines chronic paroxysmal hemicrania is prese...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of orofacial pain 1993, Vol.7 (3), p.300-306
Hauptverfasser: Delcanho, R E, Graff-Radford, S B
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Aged
Chronic Disease
Dentistry
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Humans
Indomethacin - therapeutic use
Male
Middle Aged
Migraine Disorders - complications
Migraine Disorders - diagnosis
Migraine Disorders - drug therapy
Toothache - diagnosis
Toothache - etiology
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Zusammenfassung:Chronic paroxysmal hemicrania is an intermittent head-pain problem that is characterized by pain paroxysms lasting about 15 minutes. The attacks usually produce pain in the frontotemporal region and are responsive to indomethacin. A set of symptoms that defines chronic paroxysmal hemicrania is presented, and two cases in which the presenting symptom was toothache are reported. It is emphasized that clinicians should consider chronic paroxysmal hemicrania in the differential diagnosis of orofacial pain.
ISSN:1064-6655