title: Facial pain.
abstract: This article presents differential diagnosis and treatment of facial pain. Facial pain is classified in accordance with the recent work of the Headache Classification Committee of the International Headache Society. The two major divisions are facial pain associated with disorders of the head and neck, including their parts, and disorders of cranial nerves, including their central connections. Special attention is paid to the controversial topics of temporomandibular joint dysfunction and atypical facial pain.
authors: Headache Unit, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York.
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Solomon
authors: R B
authors: RB
authors: Lipton
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005156:Facial Neuralgia / Q000209:etiology; D005157:Facial Pain / Q000145:classification / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans