口腔顔面痛により発見された脳および頭蓋底腫瘍の３例

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We present three cases of tumors that showed a variety of pain symptoms in the orofacial region. One patient complained of TMJ pain on the right side and was finally found to have a brain tumor in the cerebellopontine angle. The second had been diagnosed as having myofacial pain and had been prescribed a muscle relaxant and minor tranquilizer in a neurosurgery hospital but was finally found to have a malignant lymphoma in the base of the skull. The third had undergone a course of hormone therapy for prostate cancer one year earlier, and presented with facial pain in the upper left gingiva, which was finally found to be related to metastatic brain tumor. In conclusion, we should consider cerebral and skull base tumors as a cause of orofacial pain in clinical practice.
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