Treatment of post-traumatic external nasal neuralgia.
Pain about the bridge of the nose is often a diagnostic dilemma. There is a small but important recognizable subgroup who may, as a consequence of involvement of the external nasal nerve in nasal injury, exhibit neuralgic pain after a latent interval. Temporary relief by local anaesthesia is diagnostic and cure is possible by division of the anterior ethmoidal nerve. We present a series of six cases to illustrate this rare cause of facial pain.
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National Hospital for Nervous Diseases, London, United Kingdom.
Brookes
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009437:Neuralgia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D009666:Nose / Q000293:injuries* / Q000294:innervation