title: Differential diagnosis of facial pain.
abstract: We will describe the differential diagnosis of primary and secondary facial pains and present illustrative case studies. The diagnosis of facial pain needs a multidisciplinary approach if the clinical presentation is not pathognomic. While patients with acute facial pain urgently need treatment, those with chronic facial pain need at priority a correct diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Depts. of Neuroanatomy and Neurology, University of Liège, Belgium.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schoenen
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005157:Facial Pain / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans