This article reviews the definition, etiology and evaluation, and medical and neurosurgical treatment of neuropathic facial pain. A neuropathic origin for facial pain should be considered when evaluating a patient…
Vertiginous headache encompasses patients with dizziness or vertigo as well as headache, even though the symptoms may not occur in an obvious temporal relationship. The type of dizziness experienced by…
This article clarifies the current state of knowledge of chronic oral, head, and facial pain (COHFP) conditions with the inclusion of temporomandibular joint disorders as just one component of the…
Secondary headaches are classified by the cause of the underlying disease process that is causing the headache. There are hundreds of secondary headache diagnoses and this article is not an…
Key points • Patients will believe pain or pressure over the sinus region is originating from the sinuses until you can prove otherwise, either by endoscopy or CT scan. •…
As advanced imaging became available and the technology progressed to provide more and more highly detailed images of the nervous system, it was often joked that the role of the…
Sinus headache is a common presenting complaint in the otolaryngology office. Although most patients with this presentation are found to have migraine headache, many do not, and others fail therapy….
Nonneurologists who treat patients with headaches should be able recognize common headache types and to initiate therapy for tension-type headaches and migraines. Patients with complicated headache scenarios should be referred…
In this article, computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging anatomy and pathology of sinus disease is discussed, specifically relating to facial pain, rhinogenic headache, and sinus outflow obstruction. Findings commonly…
Key points • Rhinogenic causes of facial pain and headache in the absence of chronic or acute changes within the paranasal sinuses are challenging to identify strictly through imaging studies….
