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- L G M de Bont.
- Universitair Medisch Centrum, Groningen. l.g.m.de.bont@kchir.umcg.nl
- Ned Tijdschr Tandheelkd. 2006 Nov 1; 113 (11): 474-7.
AbstractParoxysmal orofacial pains can cause diagnostic problems, especially when different clinical pictures occur simultaneously. Pain due to pulpitis, for example, may show the same characteristics as pain due to trigeminal neuralgia would. Moreover, the trigger point of trigeminal neuralgia can either be located in a healthy tooth or in the temporomandibular joint. Neuralgic pain is distinguished into trigeminal neuralgia, glossopharyngeal neuralgia, Horton's neuralgia, cluster headache and paroxysmal hemicrania. In 2 cases trigeminal neuralgia is successfully managed with a neurosurgical microvascular decompression procedure according to Jannetta. Characteristic pain attacks resembling neuralgic pain result from well understood pathophysiological mechanisms. Consequently, adequate therapy, such as a Janetta procedure and specific pharmacological therapy, is available.
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