Management of Persistent Idiopathic Facial Pain

Persistent idiopathic facial pain.

Trigeminal neuralgia and persistent idiopathic facial pain.

Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) and persistent idiopathic facial pain (PIFP) are two of the most puzzling orofacial pain conditions and affected patients are often very difficult to treat. TN is characterized by paroxysms of brief but severe pain followed by asymptomatic periods without pain. In some patients a constant dull background pain may persist. This constant dull pain sometimes makes the dis...

Quantitative sensory testing in trigeminal traumatic neuropathic pain and persistent idiopathic facial pain.

The objective of this article was to investigate, with a systematic protocol of quantitative sensory testing, patients with persistent idiopathic facial pain (PIFP) and others with trigeminal traumatic neuropathic pain (TTN) compared to controls. Thirty patients with PIFP, 19 with TTN, and 30 controls were evaluated on subjective numbness and dysesthesia and with a systematic protocol of quanti...

Anhaltende idiopathischer Gesichtsschmerz und atypische Odontalgie Persistent idiopathic facial pain and atypical odontalgia

The terms‚ persistent idiopathic facial pain’ (PIFP) and ‚Atypical Odontalgia’ (AO) are currently used as exclusion diagnoses for chronic toothache and chronic facial pain. Knowledge about these pain conditions in medical and dental practices is of crucial importance for avoiding iatrogenic tissue damage by iatrogenic invasive interventions such as endodontic treatment and tooth extraction. In ...

Staged Bilateral Nucleus Caudalis DREZ Lesioning for Persistent Idiopathic Facial Pain: Exceptional Case Report.

Persistent idiopathic facial pain (PIFP) is a rare but challenging type of facial pain. How to manipulate such a problem becomes more contentious in cases with bilateral complaints. In situations when conventional treatments fail to reduce the pain, some treatment options like nucleus caudalis dorsal root entry zone (DREZ) lesioning shine as valuable means of managing such intractable problems....