Prevalence of Facial Pain in Migraine: A Population-Based Study

Unilateral head pain focused on frontal, orbital or parietal regions is a leading symptom of migraine attacks. Rarely, head pain in migraine can extend involving the maxillary or mandibular region of the face, sometimes isolated facial pain is the only and atypical presentation of migraine. The prev...

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Published in:Cephalalgia 2010-01, Vol.30 (1), p.92-96
Main Authors: Yoon, M-S, Mueller, D, Hansen, N, Poitz, F, Slomke, M, Dommes, P, Diener, HC, Katsarava, Z, Obermann, M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Autonomic Nervous System - physiopathology
Facial Muscles - innervation
Facial Muscles - physiopathology
Facial Pain - epidemiology
Female
Germany - epidemiology
Humans
Jaw - innervation
Male
Middle Aged
Migraine Disorders - epidemiology
Mouth - innervation
Orbit - innervation
Prevalence
Surveys and Questionnaires
Trigeminal Nerve - physiopathology
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Summary:Unilateral head pain focused on frontal, orbital or parietal regions is a leading symptom of migraine attacks. Rarely, head pain in migraine can extend involving the maxillary or mandibular region of the face, sometimes isolated facial pain is the only and atypical presentation of migraine. The prevalence of these unusual symptoms in migraine is unknown. We aimed to estimate the true prevalence of facial pain in migraine in a population-based sample of 517 migraine patients in Germany. In 46 (8.9%) cases migraine pain involved the head and the lower half of the face. Patients with facial pain suffer more trigemino-autonomic symptoms than migraine patients (47.8% vs. 7.9%; α2 = 66.23, P 
ISSN:0333-1024
1468-2982
DOI:10.1111/j.1468-2982.2009.01899.x