An intracranial tumour causing dental pain.
A case is reported of a glioma of the parietal lobe in which the early symptoms mimicked dental pain and led the patient to consult his dental practitioner in the first instance. The need for careful investigation of unusual presentations of facial pain is stressed.
Monaghan
A M
AM
Department of Oral Surgery, RAF Hospital, Wegberg, BFPO 40.
McKinlay
K P
KP
D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003399:Craniotomy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005157:Facial Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D005910:Glioma / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010292:Paresthesia / Q000209:etiology; D010296:Parietal Lobe; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014276:Trigeminal Nerve / Q000503:physiopathology