A 9-year-old boy with atypical retroauricular pain: a case report.
Idiopathic causes of retroauricular pain are rarely seen in clinical practice. We present a 9-year-old child who suffered from atypical retroauricular pain resistant to conventional treatment. After excluding any other cause of retroauricular pain, a nerve block was performed with a 0.3 ml lidocaine 1% injection into the trigger point. We believe that this case report is important because in the literature there are no similar cases described in children.
Department of Sensory Organs, Sapienza University of Rome, Viale del Policlinico, Rome, Italy. Electronic address: edoardocovelli@hotmail.com.
Edoardo
E
Covelli
Giuseppe
G
Attanasio
Marika
M
Viccaro
Eleonora
E
Masci
Laura
L
Cagnoni
Roberto
R
Filipo
D000588:Amines / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000700:Analgesics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000779:Anesthetics, Local / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002220:Carbamazepine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D003509:Cyclohexanecarboxylic Acids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004433:Earache / Q000628:therapy*; D000077206:Gabapentin; D006801:Humans; D007267:Injections; D008012:Lidocaine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D008297:Male; D009407:Nerve Block; D061028:Trigger Points; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid / Q000627:therapeutic use
D000588:Amines; D000700:Analgesics; D000779:Anesthetics, Local; D003509:Cyclohexanecarboxylic Acids; D002220:Carbamazepine; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid; D000077206:Gabapentin; D008012:Lidocaine