Persistent idiopathic facial pain: a prospective systematic study of clinical characteristics and neuroanatomical findings at 3.0 Tesla MRI
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Introduction: Persistent idiopathic facial pain (PIFP) is a poorly understood chronic orofacial pain disorder and a differential diagnosis to trigeminal neuralgia. To address the lack of systematic studies in PIFP we here report clinical characteristics and neuroimaging findings in PIFP. Methods: Data collection was prospective and standardized in consecutive PIFP patients. All patients underwent 3.0 MRI. Results: In a cohort of 53 PIFP patients, the average age of onset was 44.1 years. PIFP was found in more women 40 (75%) than men 13 (25%), p < 0.001. There was a high prevalence of bilateral pain 7 (13%), hypoesthesia 23 (48%), depression 16 (30%) and other chronic pain conditions 17 (32%) and a low prevalence of stabbing pain 21 (40%), touch-evoked pain 14 (26%) and remission periods 10 (19%). The odds ratio between neurovascular contact and the painful side was 1.4 (95% Cl 0.4–4.4, p = 0.565) and the odds ratio between neurovascular contact with displacement of the trigeminal nerve and the painful side was 0.2 (95% Cl 0.0–2.1, p = 0.195). Conclusion: PIFP is separated from trigeminal neuralgia both with respect to the clinical characteristics and neuroimaging findings, as NVC was not associated to PIFP.
Original language | English |
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Journal | Cephalalgia |
Volume | 37 |
Issue number | 13 |
Pages (from-to) | 1231-1240 |
Number of pages | 10 |
ISSN | 0333-1024 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2017 |
- atypical facial pain, clinical characteristics, neuroimaging, orofacial pain, Persistent idiopathic facial pain
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