title: Case report: an orofacial pain patient with spots on the brain-multiple sclerosis versus central systemic lupus erythematosus.
abstract: Orofacial pain bridges an important gap between medicine and dentistry. This article presents the case of a man who reported preauricular pain, tinnitus, and vertigo that began after extraction of an impacted third molar and who was sent for evaluation of a possible temporomandibular joint disorder. However, he was subsequently found to have markers and imaging results consistent with recurrent and more centralized lupus and/or multiple sclerosis.
authors: UCLA School of Dentistry, Los Angeles, CA, USA. dr.shannakim@gmail.com
authors: Shanna K
authors: SK
authors: Kim
authors: Marisa
authors: M
authors: Chang
authors: Robert
authors: R
authors: Merrill
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005157:Facial Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D020945:Lupus Vasculitis, Central Nervous System / Q000150:complications*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000150:complications*; D009902:Optic Neuritis / Q000209:etiology; D013705:Temporomandibular Joint Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014012:Tinnitus / Q000209:etiology; D014081:Tooth Extraction; D014717:Vertigo / Q000209:etiology