Facial Pain In Childhood And Adolescence

Abstract

Background: Facial pain syndromes are very disabling conditions. They are uncommon in children and adolescents and a lot of paediatric tests do not address them; also in literature only few cases are reported. A practitioner’s appropriate knowledge is very important in order to avoid misdiagnosis. Also there are symptomatic forms that are secondary to other causes like tumors or vascular malformation.