J Korean Dent Soc Anesthesiol.  2014 Sep;14(3):173-175. 10.17245/jkdsa.2014.14.3.173.

Treatment of Atypical Facial Pain with Stellate Ganglion Block

• Jeon YH
• Kim JH

• KMID: 2344991
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.17245/jkdsa.2014.14.3.173

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.

Keyword

Atypical facial pain; stellate ganglion block; temporomandibular joint dislocation

MeSH Terms

Dislocations
Facial Pain*
Humans
Joints
Methods
Neuralgia
Stellate Ganglion*