title: Referred otalgia.
abstract: Referred otalgia is a challenging symptom, with the burden on the physician to identify the source. Only by careful patient history and physical examination can all causes in this extensive differential diagnosis be excluded. In the absence of primary otologic pathology, referred pain from a head and neck carcinoma must be considered foremost and ruled out.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yanagisawa
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Kveton
mesh_terms: D004423:Ear / Q000294:innervation; D004433:Earache / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D005154:Facial Nerve / Q000502:physiology; D005930:Glossopharyngeal Nerve / Q000502:physiology; D014890:Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis / Q000150:complications; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007818:Laryngeal Diseases / Q000150:complications; D009437:Neuralgia / Q000150:complications; D010608:Pharyngeal Diseases / Q000150:complications; D014076:Tooth Diseases / Q000150:complications; D014276:Trigeminal Nerve / Q000502:physiology; D014630:Vagus Nerve / Q000502:physiology