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Frontal Headache Induced by Osteoma of Frontal Recess
Author(s) -
Kim Kyung Soo
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
headache: the journal of head and face pain
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.14
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1526-4610
pISSN - 0017-8748
DOI - 10.1111/head.12029
Subject(s) - osteoma , neuroscience , frontal lobe , psychology , frontal bone , medicine , anatomy , skull
We reported a case of osteoma involving the frontal recess, which presented as frontal headache and reviewed literatures. Also, this case highlights that sinunasal osteomas can cause pain by local mass effects, referred pain, or prostaglandin E 2‐mediated mechanisms.