Facial Pain, OFG, Vesiculobullous Diseases Flashcards
What is Oral Dysaesthesia known as?
Burning Mouth Syndrome
C/O: burning pain, dry mouth, tingling, altered taste.
Differential diagnosis?
oral dysaesthesia/burning mouth syndrome
What is burning mouth syndrome?
Oral dysaesthesia.
Burning mucosal pain with no clinical signs.
Management of oral dysaesthesia/bms?
drugs
Anxyiolytic-based medications:
1. Nortriptyline
2. Mirtazepine
3. Vortioxetine
Neuropathic medication:
1. Gabapentine/Pregabalin
2. Topical Clonazepam
What is oral dysaesthesia/bms usually associated with?
haematinic deficiency
What are the clinical features of oral dysaesthesia/BMS?
- usually anterior two-thirds of tongue
- spontaneous onset
- lasts from months to several years
- altered taste (dysguesia) / metallic
- tingling
- GI problems
- dry mouth
What is Persistent Idiopathic Facial Pain (PIFP)?
Persistent facial and/or oral pain, with varying presentations but recurring daily for >2 hours per day over >3 months, in the absence of cliical neurological deficit.
How is PIFP managed?
persistent idiopathic facial pain
- believe the patient
- multidisciplinary approach
- patient education (discourage from further invasive interventions aimed at pain relief in the absennce of a clear associated pathology e.g. tooth extractions)
What are the clinical features of PIFP?
persistent idiopathic facial pain
- usually deep, but can be superficial
- poorly localised, radiating, and mostly unilateral
- aching, burning, throbbing, stabbing pain
- persistent, long lasting (years) daily pain
C/O: unilateral pain, poorly localised and radiating. Aching, burning, throbbing, stabbing pain. Persistent and ongoing everyday for years.
Had took taken out but still pain.
Differential diagnosis?
Persistent Idiopathic Facial Pain (PIFP)
C/O: pain in face, head and neck that is worse in mornings/evenings + parafunctional clenching.
Differential diagnosis?
TMD pain
Management of TMD Pain?
- patient education/self-help advice
- physical therapy (CBT education and exercises. Soft diet and analgesia. Bite splint)
- biochemical manipulation (tricyclic)
- physiotherapy
- acupuncture
- clinical psychology
How would you investigate TMD pain?
Imaging:
* ultrasound scan - to assess functional visualisation of disc movement
* OPT/CBCT - to assess bone (if bony problem suspected)
* MRI (best image of disc)
Arthroscopy - to directly visualise the disc
How to assess TMJ?
clinical examination
Assess:
* muscles of mastications (any tenderness)
* sternomastoid and trapezius muscles (any tenderness)
* palpate TMJ (any tenderness)
* mouth opening (range of motion and deviation)
* TMJ clicking/crepitus
* dental occlusion
What is the difference between TMJ clicking and crepitus?
Clicking suggests disc displacement, while crepitus suggests a degenerative problem.
C/O: sharp, shooting pain on one side of the face.
Differential diagnosis?
Trigeminal Neuralgia
What are the causes of trigeminal neuralgia?
- idiopathic
- vascular compression of trigeminal nerve
- multiple sclerosis
- space-occupying lesion
- skull-base bone deformity
- connective tissue diseSe
- arteriovenous malformation
What are the clinical features of TN?
trigeminal neuralgia
- unilateral maxillary/mandibular division pain (> opthalmic division)
- stabbing pain
- 5-10 seconds duration
- triggers: cutaneous, wind/cold, touch, chewing
- sudden pain or concomitant continuous pain
General management of TN.
trigeminal neuralgia
medications
pain diary
LA
Surgical management of TN.
trigeminal neuralgia
**microvascular decompression (MVD)
**
destructive central procedures:
* balloon compression
* radiofrequency thermocoagulation
sterotactic radiosurgery (gamma knife)
destructive peripheral neurectomies
First-line drug therapy for TN.
trigeminal neuralgia
Carbamazepine
100mg tablets 2x daily for 10 days
Oxcarbamezapine
Lamotrigine
Carbamezapine is a first-line drug for trigeminal neuralgia.
What are the side effects of carbamezapine?
- blood dyscrasias (thrombocytopenia, neutropenia, pancytopania)
- electrolyte imbalance
- neurological deficits (paraesthesia, vestibular problems)
C/O:
orbital/temporal pain that is one-sided (unilateral). Rapid onset. Lasts for 15 mins to 3 hours. Feels like a migraine.
Assoc. symptoms: nausea, vomiting, photophobia, phonophobia.
Differential diagnosis?
Cluster headache
C/O:
orbital/temporal pain that is one-sided (unilateral). Rapid onset. Lasts for 2-30 mins. About 2-40 attacked per day.
Differential diagnosis?
Paroxysmal Hemicrania
Management of Cluster headache.
drug
Preventive:
* verapamil
* lithiun
* topiramate
Attack:
* subcutaneous sumatriptan 6mg or nasal zolmatriptan 5mg
* low O2 7-12 L/min via a non-rebreathing mask
Occipital lidocaine injection
Oral prednisolone
Management of paroxysmal hemicrania.
drug
indometacin (usually absolute response)
alternative: COX-II inhibitots, topiramate
What are the clinical features of Orofacial Granulomatosis (OFG)?
- perioral erythema
- perioral swelling
- lip swellinng (can cause lip fissures and dry, cracking lips)
- angular cheilitis
- proliferative erythematous gingivitis
- oedema of floor of mouth (staghorn sign)
- linear fissured ulcer in labial sulcus
What are the histological features of OFG?
orofacial granulomatosis
non-caseating granulomatous inflammation within the tissues.
giant cells obstructing lymphatics, no swelling.
C/O: swelling of the face, lips and oral tissues.
Differential diagnosis?
Orofacial granulomatosis
Crohn’s disease
Pathogenesis of OFG.
orofacial granulomatosis
blockage of lymphatic drainage due to immune reaction - type IV hypersensitivity
angio-oedema which settles down faster is a type I hypersensitivity