title: A review of intractable facial pain secondary to underlying lung neoplasms.
abstract: We describe a 63-year-old smoker who suffered from intractable facial pain secondary to an underlying lung neoplasm. Data from 30 previously reported and similar cases are also summarized. The clinical triad of a smoker suffering from periauricular pain and an elevated ESR should alert the clinician to the possibility of an occult lung mass. In these cases a computed tomography of the chest should always be obtained. Previously refractory pain typically responds to surgical resection of the mass and/or radiation therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic Rochester, USA.
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Eross
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Dodick
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Swanson
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Capobianco
mesh_terms: D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005157:Facial Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010148:Intractable Pain / Q000209:etiology*