Trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias presenting in a multidisciplinary tertiary orofacial pain clinic

TY - JOUR

T1 - Trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias presenting in a multidisciplinary tertiary orofacial pain clinic

AU - Wei, D. Y.

AU - Moreno-Ajona, D.

AU - Renton, T.

AU - Goadsby, P. J.

PY - 2019/6/11

Y1 - 2019/6/11

N2 - Orofacial pain may have a variety of causes and offers a significant clinical challenge for its diagnosis and management. Objective: To assess the headache disorders presenting in a tertiary multidisciplinary orofacial pain clinic, after dental causes have been excluded. Methods: Clinic letters from the initial consultation and subsequent follow up reviews of the 142 patients, who were seen in the tertiary Multidisciplinary Orofacial Pain clinic between January 2015 until January 2018 were reviewed as a clinical audit. Results: The most common diagnoses were possible trigeminal autonomic cephalalgia (n = 62, 44%), migraine (n = 38, 27%) and painful post-traumatic trigeminal neuropathy (n = 17, 12%). The most common trigeminal autonomic cephalalgia diagnosis was hemicrania continua (n = 13, 9%), which is higher than the reported prevalence in neurology and headache clinics. Conclusion: This study demonstrates the importance of a multidisciplinary approach to diagnosing complex orofacial pain patients and the importance of awareness of primary headache disorders, in particular trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias, thereby reducing unnecessary diagnostic delays or procedures.

AB - Orofacial pain may have a variety of causes and offers a significant clinical challenge for its diagnosis and management. Objective: To assess the headache disorders presenting in a tertiary multidisciplinary orofacial pain clinic, after dental causes have been excluded. Methods: Clinic letters from the initial consultation and subsequent follow up reviews of the 142 patients, who were seen in the tertiary Multidisciplinary Orofacial Pain clinic between January 2015 until January 2018 were reviewed as a clinical audit. Results: The most common diagnoses were possible trigeminal autonomic cephalalgia (n = 62, 44%), migraine (n = 38, 27%) and painful post-traumatic trigeminal neuropathy (n = 17, 12%). The most common trigeminal autonomic cephalalgia diagnosis was hemicrania continua (n = 13, 9%), which is higher than the reported prevalence in neurology and headache clinics. Conclusion: This study demonstrates the importance of a multidisciplinary approach to diagnosing complex orofacial pain patients and the importance of awareness of primary headache disorders, in particular trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias, thereby reducing unnecessary diagnostic delays or procedures.

KW - Hemicrania continua

KW - Orofacial pain

KW - Trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias

U2 - 10.1186/s10194-019-1019-7

DO - 10.1186/s10194-019-1019-7

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:85067104429

SN - 1129-2369

VL - 20

SP - 1

EP - 6

JO - Journal of Headache and Pain

JF - Journal of Headache and Pain

IS - 1

M1 - 69

ER -