Open AccessCutaneous Mastocytosis as a Rare Differential Diagnosis for Unilateral Chronic Facial Pain and Erythema: A Case Report
Author(s) -
Matthias Troeltzsch,
Ronald Berndt,
Timothy J. Woodlock,
Karl Meßlinger,
Markus Troeltzsch
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of orofacial pain
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1945-3396
pISSN - 1064-6655
DOI - 10.11607/jop.1164
Subject(s) - medicine , dermatology , cutaneous mastocytosis , itching , differential diagnosis , erythema , orofacial pain , telangiectasia , facial pain , carbamazepine , pathology , systemic mastocytosis , surgery , epilepsy , disease , psychiatry
Cutaneous mastocytosis (CM) has been associated with urticaria, itching, and pain of the affected regions. Although the occurrence of CM in the facial skin is rare, it may be a cause of chronic facial pain, and pain characteristics may mistakenly be interpreted as trigeminal nerve pathology. However, the dermatological appearance of the different variants of cutaneous mastocytosis is distinct and should be considered as an uncommon differential diagnosis in an orofacial pain diagnostic algorithm. This article presents a case of telangiectasia macularis eruptiva perstans, a rare type of cutaneous mastocytosis, as the underlying cause of chronic facial pain, erythema, and swelling.