An 8-year-old girl with unilateral facial and ear pain and isolated frontal headaches.
An 8 1/2-year-old with chronic but fluctuating unilateral facial pain, earache, frontal headache and facial swelling is presented. Her journey through the health care system provides an instructional lesson for all who deal with patients with unusual or difficult to recognize conditions.
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Department of Neurology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, USA.
D000085:Acetates / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000588:Amines; D002648:Child; D003509:Cyclohexanecarboxylic Acids; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004433:Earache / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005145:Face; D005260:Female; D018755:GABA Agonists / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000077206:Gabapentin; D006261:Headache / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D008556:Melkersson-Rosenthal Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011361:Professional Competence; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013705:Temporomandibular Joint Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014063:Tongue, Fissured / Q000175:diagnosis; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid
D000085:Acetates; D000588:Amines; D003509:Cyclohexanecarboxylic Acids; D018755:GABA Agonists; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid; D000077206:Gabapentin