Imaging of Trigeminal Neuralgia and Other Facial Pain

Autor: Rudolf Boeddinghaus, Andy Whyte
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Neuroimaging Clinics of North America. 31:485-508
ISSN: 1052-5149
DOI: 10.1016/j.nic.2021.05.008
Popis: We review and illustrate the radiology of facial pain, emphasizing trigeminal neuralgia, relevant anatomy, current classification, concepts about etiology, and the role of imaging and its influence on the choice of treatment. We discuss glossopharyngeal neuralgia, other neuropathic causes of facial pain, postinflammatory and neoplastic causes, and nociceptive (end-organ) causes of facial pain, as well as referred otalgia. Other conditions that may present with facial pain, including trigeminal autonomic cephalgias and giant cell arteritis, are reviewed briefly. We discuss the elements of a comprehensive MR imaging protocol to enable detection of these diverse causes of facial pain.
Databáze: OpenAIRE