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Infraorbital Nerve Entrapment

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Peripheral Nerve Entrapments

Abstract

The infraorbital nerve, which is the terminal branch of the maxillary nerve, can cause a variety of facial pain symptoms, mimicking migraine headaches, maxillary sinusitis, tic douloureux, and “atypical face pain.” Recognition of this condition will lead to diagnostic injections and treatment. In this chapter, we discuss the presentation, diagnosis, and treatment of infraorbital nerve entrapment.

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology, Oklahoma Pain Physicians, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA

    Rafael Justiz MD, MS, DABA/PM, FIPP, DABIPP

  2. Optimum Health Medical Group, PLLC, Clifton Park, NY, USA

    Eugene D. Kaplan MD, MPH, DABNP, DABIPP, FIPP

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  1. Rafael Justiz MD, MS, DABA/PM, FIPP, DABIPP
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Correspondence to Rafael Justiz MD, MS, DABA/PM, FIPP, DABIPP .

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  1. Pain and Headache Center, Anchorage, AK, USA

    Andrea M. Trescot MD, ABIPP, FIPP (Medical Director) (Medical Director)

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Justiz, R., Kaplan, E.D. (2016). Infraorbital Nerve Entrapment. In: Trescot, A.M. (eds) Peripheral Nerve Entrapments. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27482-9_22

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