Facial pain. I. A prospective survey of 1052 patients with a view of: definition, delimitation, classification, general data, genetic factors, and previous diseases.
1052 patients with facial pain have been examined and followed up by the author for an 18-year period. The patients are classified according to type of attack into: Typical Trigeminal Neuralgia (brief pain paroxysms with pain-free intervals). Atypical Trigeminal Neuralgia (pain paroxysms with intervals of pain or paroxysms lasting for minutes). Non-neuralgiform Facial Pain (pain lasting or occurring for long periods). The material was equally distributed between patients with Neuralgia and Non-neuralgiform Facial Pain. In the majority of cases Trigeminal Neuralgia occurred after the age of 50. Non-neuralgiform Pain mainly between 30 and 50. There is a majority of women with Non-neuralgiform Pain. No genetic factors could be demonstrated. A detailed registration of previous diseases in the central nervous system, the peripheral nerves, and the facial structures revealed no relation to important aetiological factors.
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University Clinics of Neurosurgery, Aarhus Municipal Hospital, Denmark.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005157:Facial Pain / Q000145:classification / Q000209:etiology* / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D014277:Trigeminal Neuralgia / Q000145:classification / Q000209:etiology* / Q000235:genetics