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Treatment of Atypical Facial Pain with Stellate Ganglion Block

비정형 안면통에서의 성상신경절 차단 치료

  • Jeon, Young Hoon (Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Kyungpook National University, School of Dentistry) ;
  • Kim, Ji Hyun (Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Kyungpook National University, School of Medicine)
  • 전영훈 (경북대학교 치의학전문대학원 마취통증의학교실) ;
  • 김지현 (경북대학교 의학전문대학원 마취통증의학교실)
  • Received : 2014.08.19
  • Accepted : 2014.09.24
  • Published : 2014.09.30
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Abstract

Atypical facial pain is loosely used term to describe some chronic facial pain when the symptoms do not exactly and entirely fit one diagnostic criteria. In many cases of pain disorders, sympathetic system is involved, such as in conditions which symptoms mimic post-herpetic neuralgia or complex regional pain syndrome. We report a case of a patient with atypical facial pain following the reduction of temporomanidbular joint dislocation. The atypical pain which was resistant to analgesic medication was successfully managed with stellate ganglion block. Therefore we suggest that stellate ganglion block can be an effective treatment method for controlling atypical facial pain.

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