Facial pain: atypical causes

Evidence-based neurology checklist on facial pain: atypical causes: Pourfour du Petit's syndrome This is caused by lesions in the first dorsal root or cervical sympathetic chain It results in oculosympathetic hyperactivity It presents with mydriasis, lid retraction, and exophthalmos There is…

Pourfour du Petit's syndrome

  • This is caused by lesions in the first dorsal root or cervical sympathetic chain
  • It results in oculosympathetic hyperactivity
  • It presents with mydriasis, lid retraction, and exophthalmos
  • There is associated hyperhidrosis 

Referred facial pain: origins

Other atypical causes

References

  1. Siccoli MM, Bassetti CL, Sandor PS. Facial pain: clinical differential diagnosis. Lancet Neurol 2006; 5:257-267.
  2. Schoenen J. Differential diagnosis of facial pain. Acta Neurol Belg 2001; 101:6-9.
  3. Quail G. Atypical facial pain-a diagnostic challenge. Aust Fam Physician 2005; 34:641-645.

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