Headache Medicine 2021, 12(3):269 p-ISSN 2178-7468, e-ISSN 2763-6178
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DOI: 10.48208/HeadacheMed.2021.41
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Facial pain and corpalgia in patients with migraine (Abstract)
Dor facial e corpalgia em pacientes com migrânea (Resumo)
José Justino da Silva Júnior
Thesis (Doctorate in Neurosciences). Postgraduation in Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil.
2013. 120 f. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Marcelo Moraes Valença.
Introduction
Facial pain and corpalgia in migraine patients have been described in several clinical cases within the
literature, and the systematic use of the diagnostic criteria of the International Classication of Headaches
(ICHD II) has contributed to the differential diagnosis and aided in the development of this research.
Objective
The study aimed to dene the clinical characteristics and topography of migraine episodes and the
frequency of the so-called lower half of the face migraine and corpalgia in a population of patients who
sought the neurology clinic at the CISAM University of Pernambuco (UPE).
Methodology
Thus, enabling the development of a differential diagnosis applicable to orofacial migraine and
corpalgia to the various painful symptoms of other etiologies.
Results
Through a cross-sectional study, a sample of 300 patients diagnosed with migraine according to
the ICHD II criteria was evaluated. We analyzed a prole of several clinical cases reported in the
literature as patients with migraine with symptoms of corpalgia and described eleven new cases. The
methodological steps of the research can be summarized as a literature review of case collection and
description of the diagnostic clinical features in conjunction with the description of our cases.
Conclusion
It was concluded in this study that the frequency of clinical cases of patients with symptoms of corpalgia
during episodes of a migraine attack is sporadic, emphasizing, however, the importance of prevalence
studies and their differential diagnosis. Another report analyzed the prole of several clinical cases also
described in the researched literature of patients with migraine in the lower half of the face, in addition
to the description of three new cases. The methodological steps of the research can be summarized as
a systematic literature review of descriptive articles of clinical cases, data extraction and descriptions
of their clinical and diagnostic characteristics in conjunction with the description of our cases. It was
concluded in this study that the frequency of clinical cases of patients with migraine in the lower half
of the face is rare, emphasizing a study on the prevalence and description of a differential diagnosis.
dr.justinojr@gmail.com
Received: November 15, 2021
Accepted: December 29,2021
Keywords:
Neurology
Facial Pain
Headache
