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Atypical Facial Pain, Ectasia of the Basilar Artery, and Baclofen: A Case Report
Author(s) -
Martins Isabel R,
Ferro J.M.
Publication year - 1989
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.1526-4610.1989.hed2909581.x
Subject(s) - medicine , ectasia , baclofen , trigeminal neuralgia , basilar artery , facial pain , pathogenesis , anesthesia , surgery , receptor , agonist
SYNOPSIS Atypical facial pain is a clinical syndrome of facial pain that has been related to depression but whose pathogenesis is not known. We describe a 72‐year‐old woman with a chronic facial pain, and ectasia and left sided deviation of the basilar artery, that responded dramatically to baclofen. This case suggests that vascular compression of the trigeminal nerve may be one of the mechanisms producing this syndrome and in these cases it might respond to baclofen.