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ReviewActa otorhinolaryngologica Italica : organo ufficiale della Societa italiana di otorinolaringologia e chirurgia cervico-facciale2018

Facial pain: sinus or not?

E De Corso, M Kar, E Cantone, D Lucidi, S Settimi, D Mele, A Salvati, N Bayar Muluk, G Paludetti, C Cingi

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Review in Acta otorhinolaryngologica Italica : organo ufficiale della Societa italiana di otorinolaringologia e chirurgia cervico-facciale, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. A Comparative Study of CT Scan and Nasal Endoscopic Findings of Lateral Wall of Nose, in Headache of Rhinogenic Origin.Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India · 2022
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  4. Surgical multidisciplinary approach of orbital complications of sinonasal inflammatory disorders.Acta otorhinolaryngologica Italica : organo ufficiale della Societa italiana di otorinolaringologia e chirurgia cervico-facciale · 2021
    Article
  5. Update on the pathophysiology and treatment of rhinogenic headache: focus on the ibuprofen/pseudoephedrine combination.Acta otorhinolaryngologica Italica : organo ufficiale della Societa italiana di otorinolaringologia e chirurgia cervico-facciale · 2019
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

E De CorsoFondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.
M KarENT Specialist Kumluca State Hospital, ENT Clinic, Antalya, Turkey.
E CantoneDepartment of Neuroscience, ENT section, "Federico II" University, Naples, Italy.
D LucidiFondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.
S SettimiFondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.
D MeleFondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.
A SalvatiFondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.
N Bayar MulukKirikkale University, Medical Faculty, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Kirikkale, Turkey.
G PaludettiFondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.
C CingiEskisehir Osmangazi University, Medical Faculty, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Eskisehir, Turkey.
Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico · ITUniversità Cattolica del Sacro Cuore · ITEskişehir Osmangazi University · TRFederico II University Hospital · ITKırıkkale University · TR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Facial pain remains a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge for both clinicians and patients. In clinical practice, patients suffering from facial pain generally undergo multiple repeated consultations with different specialists and receive various treatments, including surgery. Many patients, as well as their primary care physicians, mistakenly attribute their pain as being due to rhinosinusitis when this is not the case. It is important to exclude non-sinus-related causes of facial pain before considering sinus surgery to avoid inappropriate treatment. Unfortunately, a significant proportion of patients have persistent facial pain after endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS) due to erroneous considerations on aetiology of facial pain by physicians. It should be taken into account that neurological and sinus diseases may share overlapping symptoms, but they frequently co-exist as comorbidities. The aim of this review was to clarify the diagnostic criteria of facial pain in order to improve discrimination between sinogenic and non-sinogenic facial pain and provide some clinical and diagnostic criteria that may help clinicians in addressing differential diagnosis.

Indexed as

Facial PainHumansRhinitisSinusitisCranial neuralgiaFacial painHeadacheMigraineNon-rhinogenicRhinogenic

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PMID30623894
PMCPMC6325651
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