The midfacial segment pain: little known disorder in need of scientific evaluation

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Despite its inclusion in the International Classification of Orofacial Pain, tension-type orofacial pain has little support in the scientific literature. However, a similar-in-phenotype orofacial pain perceived in the middle segment of the face has been described by few case series from mostly ear, nose and throat clinics. The authors of these descriptions used the term ‘midfacial segment pain’. Patients had no significant sinonasal disorder in these studies, but experienced symmetrical pain perceived mostly over the maxillary and ethmoid sinuses. No aura or autonomic symptoms were present apart from mild nasal congestion or rhinorrhoea in some individuals. This description appears similar to tension-type headache, but with midfacial location. In this viewpoint, we indicate a need to fill this gap in scientific knowledge and propose a multicentre interdisciplinary study that would give a detailed description of this type of orofacial pain.

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Straburzyński, M., M. Agius, A., Boczarska-Jedynak, M., Brożek-Mądry, E., Dżaman, K., Gradek-Kwinta, E., … Waliszewska-Prosół, M. (2024). The midfacial segment pain: little known disorder in need of scientific evaluation. Cephalalgia, 44(1). https://doi.org/10.1177/03331024231226176

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