The effect of stellate ganglion block on the atypical facial pain

Atypical facial pain (AFP) is a type of facial pain which does not fulfill any other diagnosis. It has several features such as no objective signs, no obvious explanation of the cause and poor response to treatments. We report a case of a female patient with AFP on the left maxillary area. The pain...

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Autores principales: Jeon, Younghoon, Kim, Donggyeong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Dental Society of Anesthsiology 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5564068/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28879257
http://dx.doi.org/10.17245/jdapm.2015.15.1.35
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description Atypical facial pain (AFP) is a type of facial pain which does not fulfill any other diagnosis. It has several features such as no objective signs, no obvious explanation of the cause and poor response to treatments. We report a case of a female patient with AFP on the left maxillary area. The pain was increased by cold innocuous stimulation and thermography showed that the temperature on the painful area was significantly decreased. The pain was successfully alleviated by stellate ganglion block (SGB). Therefore, SGB can be effectively used to treat AFP.
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spelling pubmed-55640682017-09-06 The effect of stellate ganglion block on the atypical facial pain Jeon, Younghoon Kim, Donggyeong J Dent Anesth Pain Med Case Report Atypical facial pain (AFP) is a type of facial pain which does not fulfill any other diagnosis. It has several features such as no objective signs, no obvious explanation of the cause and poor response to treatments. We report a case of a female patient with AFP on the left maxillary area. The pain was increased by cold innocuous stimulation and thermography showed that the temperature on the painful area was significantly decreased. The pain was successfully alleviated by stellate ganglion block (SGB). Therefore, SGB can be effectively used to treat AFP. The Korean Dental Society of Anesthsiology 2015-03 2015-03-31 /pmc/articles/PMC5564068/ /pubmed/28879257 http://dx.doi.org/10.17245/jdapm.2015.15.1.35 Text en Copyright © 2015 Journal of Dental Anesthesia and Pain Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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