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Facial neuralgia associated with recurrent herpes simplex. 1980

W H Stalker

At least seven cases of facial neuralgia associated with recurrent herpes simplex have been reported in the medical literature. This condition has not been reported in the dental literature. A case of facial neuralgia associated with recurrent herpes simplex in a 34-year-old woman at varying intervals over a 20-year period is reported. Tension applied to the commissure on the right side of the patient's mouth during routine dental procedures can cause the neuralgia to develop, and she reports having undergone extraction of the permanent right mandibular first molar at the age of 15, when a similar neuralgia was present.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D009059	Mouth Diseases	Diseases involving the MOUTH.	Disease, Mouth,Diseases, Mouth,Mouth Disease
D012008	Recurrence	The return of a sign, symptom, or disease after a remission.	Recrudescence,Relapse,Recrudescences,Recurrences,Relapses
D005156	Facial Neuralgia	Neuralgic syndromes which feature chronic or recurrent FACIAL PAIN as the primary manifestation of disease. Disorders of the trigeminal and facial nerves are frequently associated with these conditions.	Facial Pain Syndromes,Sphenopalatine Neuralgia,Craniofacial Pain Syndromes,Myofacial Pain Syndromes,Craniofacial Pain Syndrome,Facial Neuralgias,Facial Pain Syndrome,Myofacial Pain Syndrome,Neuralgia, Facial,Neuralgia, Sphenopalatine,Neuralgias, Facial,Neuralgias, Sphenopalatine,Pain Syndrome, Craniofacial,Pain Syndrome, Facial,Pain Syndrome, Myofacial,Pain Syndromes, Craniofacial,Pain Syndromes, Facial,Pain Syndromes, Myofacial,Sphenopalatine Neuralgias,Syndrome, Craniofacial Pain,Syndrome, Facial Pain,Syndrome, Myofacial Pain,Syndromes, Craniofacial Pain,Syndromes, Facial Pain,Syndromes, Myofacial Pain
D005260	Female		Females
D006561	Herpes Simplex	A group of acute infections caused by herpes simplex virus type 1 or type 2 that is characterized by the development of one or more small fluid-filled vesicles with a raised erythematous base on the skin or mucous membrane. It occurs as a primary infection or recurs due to a reactivation of a latent infection. (Dorland, 27th ed.)	Herpes Simplex Virus Infection
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328	Adult	A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available.	Adults