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British Dental Journal 171, 249 - 250 (1991)
Published online: 19 October 1991 | doi:10.1038/sj.bdj.4807679

An intracranial tumour causing dental pain

A M Monaghan & K P McKinlay


A case is reported of a glioma of the parietal lobe in which the early symptoms mimicked dental pain and led the patient to consult his dental practitioner in the first instance. The need for careful investigation of unusual presentations of facial pain is stressed

AdultBrain NeoplasmscomplicationsradiographyCase ReportCraniotomyDiagnosis, DifferentialFacial PainetiologyGliomaHumanMaleParesthesiaParietal LobeTomography, X-Ray ComputedTrigeminal Nervephysiopathology

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