Aiken A
Int J Oral Surg. 1981;10(Suppl 1):187-90.
Three cases are presented which illustrate the diagnostic problem of vague facial pain. One patient complained of toothache and was finally proved to have an intraventricular meningioma. The second had been diagnosed as trigeminal neuralgia but was finally found to have a meningioma. The third presented with facial pain, underwent 2 weeks of intensive neurological investigations and the pain was finally related to pulpitis in an upper molar. These three cases serve to stimulate a discussion on the problems of diagnosis of facial pain and the role of computerised axial tomography in this field.
本文介绍了三例说明面部疼痛诊断难题的病例。一名患者主诉牙痛，最终被证实患有脑室内脑膜瘤。第二名患者曾被诊断为三叉神经痛，但最终发现患有脑膜瘤。第三名患者表现为面部疼痛，接受了为期两周的深入神经学检查，最终发现疼痛与上颌磨牙的牙髓炎有关。这三个病例有助于引发关于面部疼痛诊断问题以及计算机断层扫描在该领域作用的讨论。
