title: A skull base epidermoid cyst causing the symptoms of a craniomandibular disorder.
abstract: This article describes a case report of a 52 year old patient with a ten year history of orofacial pain who was misdiagnosed with a craniomandibular disorder (CMD) and trigeminal neuralgia. After a epidermoid cyst in the skull base had been diagnosed and removed the complaints diminished and finally disappeared.
authors.forename: J I
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Vermeeren
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wismeijer
mesh_terms: D017271:Craniomandibular Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D004814:Epidermal Cyst / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005146:Facial Asymmetry; D005157:Facial Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D019291:Skull Base / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014277:Trigeminal Neuralgia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy