Daily left prefrontal repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for medication-resistant burning mouth syndrome
| Autor: | Theresa S. Gonzales, Yojiro Umezaki, Bashar W. Badran, Mark S. George |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_treatment
Burning Mouth Syndrome medicine Humans Depression (differential diagnoses) Burning Sensation Burning Pain Pain Measurement business.industry digestive oral and skin physiology Chronic pain Burning mouth syndrome Middle Aged medicine.disease Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Pathophysiology Transcranial magnetic stimulation Treatment Outcome Otorhinolaryngology Brain stimulation Anesthesia Surgery Female Oral Surgery medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | International journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery. 44(8) |
| ISSN: | 1399-0020 |
| Popis: | Burning mouth syndrome (BMS) is a persistent and chronic burning sensation in the mouth in the absence of any abnormal organic findings. The pathophysiology of BMS is unclear and its treatment is not fully established. Although antidepressant medication is commonly used for treatment, there are some medication-resistant patients, and a new treatment for medication-resistant BMS is needed. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is a non-invasive brain stimulation technology approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of depression. Recent studies have found beneficial effects of TMS for the treatment of pain. A case of BMS treated successfully with daily left prefrontal rTMS over a 2-week period is reported here. Based on this patient's clinical course and a recent pain study, the mechanism by which TMS may act to decrease the burning pain is discussed. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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