title: Otalgia with a normal ear.
abstract: Ear pain is a diagnostic problem when examination of the ear shows no pathology. Referred otalgia may be caused by neoplasms; dental abnormalities or infections; temporomandibular joint dysfunction; sinus, pharyngeal or salivary gland infections; temporal arteritis; cervical arthritis, or one of the neuralgias. Ear pain may also be psychogenic.
authors.affiliation: University of California, Davis Medical Center, Sacramento.
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Thaller
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: De Silva
mesh_terms: D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D004433:Earache / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D013700:Giant Cell Arteritis / Q000150:complications; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D009303:Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D009437:Neuralgia / Q000150:complications; D010483:Periapical Diseases / Q000150:complications; D010497:Pericoronitis / Q000150:complications; D010510:Periodontal Diseases / Q000150:complications; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders; D014076:Tooth Diseases / Q000150:complications