Orofacial pain of cardiac origin: a case report.
It is the responsibility of the dentist to make the differential diagnosis of pain in the region of the oral cavity. Cardiac pain most commonly radiates to the left arm, shoulder, neck and face. In rare instances the pain may present as dental pain. In this case report, the patient presented with complaints of intense bilateral pain in the jaws which was diagnosed as pain of cardiac origin.
Stomatology Post Graduate Program, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. patologiabucal@yahoo.com.br
Braz C
BC
Durso
Monica S
MS
Israel
Maria Elisa R
ME
Janini
Abel S
AS
Cardoso
D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005157:Facial Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D014098:Toothache / Q000209:etiology