Which of the following Orofacial pain is not associated with vascular origin ?
Correct answer: C. Anaesthesia dolorosa
- A. Cluster headache
- B. Giant cell arteritis
- C. Anaesthesia dolorosa
- D. Chronic paroxysmal hemicrania
Explanation
Anaesthesia dolorosa is a deafferentation neuropathic pain syndrome that can follow injury to the trigeminal nerve, rather than a vascular headache. Cluster headache, giant-cell arteritis, and chronic paroxysmal hemicrania have vascular or vascular-autonomic associations.
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