title: Facial pain and muscle atrophy secondary to an intracranial tumour.
abstract: Orofacial pain rarely arises from a distant site. It is unusual for orofacial pain to be associated with wasting of the facial musculature and diminished sensation. This case report describes a patient who presented with temporomandibular joint pain dysfunction syndrome which was initially successfully managed with splint therapy. She re-presented later with unilateral wasting of the muscles of mastication, facial pain and diminished sensation ipsilaterally. An intracranial meningioma was diagnosed following an extensive series of investigations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Medicine and Oral Surgery, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
authors.forename: N H
authors.initials: NH
authors.lastname: Luyk
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hammond-Tooke
authors.forename: S N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Bishara
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Ferguson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D005152:Facial Muscles / Q000473:pathology*; D005157:Facial Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008579:Meningioma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D009133:Muscular Atrophy / Q000209:etiology*; D014276:Trigeminal Nerve / Q000473:pathology