title: [Analysis of clinical manifestations in nasociliary neuralgia].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the clinical character of nasociliary neuralgia and improve the level of diagnosis and treatment.
  
  
  METHODS
  Forty-three cases with nasociliary neuralgia were diagnosed and treated in our hospital. The clinical data were analyzed retrospectively.
  
  
  RESULTS
  It was easy to be misdiagnosed for nasociliary neuralgia,the rate of misdiagnosis was 69.8% (30/43). Performing the resection of upper nasal septum deviation, partial middle turbinetectkomy or/and folded, 43 cases were followed up from 6 to 24 months,the cural rate and the improve rate were 95.3% and 4.7% respectively, with the total effective rate 100.0%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Most patients with nasociliary neuralgia are middle-aged women. It is similar to ethmoid sinusitis and frontal sinusitis in headache, but no suppurative rhinorrhea. Careful examination of nasal cavity and CT scan in sinus play an important role in avoiding misdiagnosis. The corrective surgery of middle turbinate and nasal septum are effective treatment and the complication of dysosmia can be avoided.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Taihe Hospital, Yunyang Medical College, Shiyan, 442000, China.
authors.forename: Chao
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Xishan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Dai
authors.forename: Jiejun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jian
authors.forename: Yanqiao
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.forename: Zhimin
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009300:Nasal Septum / Q000601:surgery; D009437:Neuralgia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D009882:Ophthalmic Nerve / Q000473:pathology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014420:Turbinates / Q000601:surgery*