Migraine masquerading as temporomandibular disorders: a case report / Yoshinobu Shoji and Harold V Cohen.

Migraine is a common disabling primary headache disorder. Ipsilateral radiation of pain to orofacial regions, including teeth, jaws and temporomandibular joints, although not a common complaint, could occur. The area of involvement may obscure the diagnosis and lead to unnecessary dental treatment....

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Main Authors: Yoshinobu, Shoji, Harold, V Cohen
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Language:English
Published: Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Selangor 2018
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Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/30116/
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description Migraine is a common disabling primary headache disorder. Ipsilateral radiation of pain to orofacial regions, including teeth, jaws and temporomandibular joints, although not a common complaint, could occur. The area of involvement may obscure the diagnosis and lead to unnecessary dental treatment. A case is presented in which a patient initially sought dental care for left jaw pain that radiated to her left maxillary teeth and temple region and she was also experiencing discomfort in the left masticatory musculature. Subsequently a medical consult diagnosed migraine headache without aura and fortunately unnecessary dental treatment was not done. The key issue here is the complexity of the Trigeminal nerve when the dentist is assessing a patient for dental or other orofacial pain complaints and dental pathology has been ruled out. Equally as important is the dentist taking thorough medical history since a patient may not tell a dentist about a “headache” because the pain is in the teeth and/or jaws. And, perhaps most important is the final differential diagnosis whether made by the dentist or medical care provider.
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spelling uitm-301162020-04-22T05:44:22Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/30116/ Migraine masquerading as temporomandibular disorders: a case report / Yoshinobu Shoji and Harold V Cohen. jchs Yoshinobu, Shoji Harold, V Cohen Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system. Including speech disorders Diseases of the central nervous system Diseases of the brain Migraine is a common disabling primary headache disorder. Ipsilateral radiation of pain to orofacial regions, including teeth, jaws and temporomandibular joints, although not a common complaint, could occur. The area of involvement may obscure the diagnosis and lead to unnecessary dental treatment. A case is presented in which a patient initially sought dental care for left jaw pain that radiated to her left maxillary teeth and temple region and she was also experiencing discomfort in the left masticatory musculature. Subsequently a medical consult diagnosed migraine headache without aura and fortunately unnecessary dental treatment was not done. The key issue here is the complexity of the Trigeminal nerve when the dentist is assessing a patient for dental or other orofacial pain complaints and dental pathology has been ruled out. Equally as important is the dentist taking thorough medical history since a patient may not tell a dentist about a “headache” because the pain is in the teeth and/or jaws. And, perhaps most important is the final differential diagnosis whether made by the dentist or medical care provider. Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Selangor 2018-06 Article PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/30116/1/AJ_YOSHINOBU%20SHOJI%20JCHS%20B%2018.pdf Yoshinobu, Shoji and Harold, V Cohen (2018) Migraine masquerading as temporomandibular disorders: a case report / Yoshinobu Shoji and Harold V Cohen. (2018) Journal of Clinical and Health Sciences <https://ir.uitm.edu.my/view/publication/Journal_of_Clinical_and_Health_Sciences.html>, 3 (1). pp. 1-4. ISSN 0127-984X https://jchs-medicine.uitm.edu.my/index.php
spellingShingle Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system. Including speech disorders
Diseases of the central nervous system
Diseases of the brain
Yoshinobu, Shoji
Harold, V Cohen
Migraine masquerading as temporomandibular disorders: a case report / Yoshinobu Shoji and Harold V Cohen.
title Migraine masquerading as temporomandibular disorders: a case report / Yoshinobu Shoji and Harold V Cohen.
title_full Migraine masquerading as temporomandibular disorders: a case report / Yoshinobu Shoji and Harold V Cohen.
title_fullStr Migraine masquerading as temporomandibular disorders: a case report / Yoshinobu Shoji and Harold V Cohen.
title_full_unstemmed Migraine masquerading as temporomandibular disorders: a case report / Yoshinobu Shoji and Harold V Cohen.
title_short Migraine masquerading as temporomandibular disorders: a case report / Yoshinobu Shoji and Harold V Cohen.
title_sort migraine masquerading as temporomandibular disorders: a case report / yoshinobu shoji and harold v cohen.
topic Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system. Including speech disorders
Diseases of the central nervous system
Diseases of the brain
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/30116/
https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/30116/