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Rhinologic Causes of Facial Pain and Headache
Author(s) -
Ryan Robert E.,
Kern Eugene B.
Publication year - 1978
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/j.1526-4610.1978.hed1801044.x
Subject(s) - facial pain , nose , medicine , paranasal sinuses , dermatology , surgery
SYNOPSIS Facial pain and headache are common and difficult problems encountered by physicians. A rather common cause, frequently overlooked, is rhinologic. Structural or nasal mucosal (or both) disorders are capable of producing facial pain or headache. In addition, either benign or malignant lesions of the nose and or paranasal sinuses can cause facial pain and headache. An outline of the various rhinologic causes for facial pain and headache is offered. Speculations and correlations with various experimental studies are included in an attempt to explain some of the mechanisms of referred pain from the nose and sinuses to the head and face.