Exam questionKROK 2Dentistry ยท 2010
A 42-year-old patient consulted a dentist about intense lancinating paroxysmal pain accompanied by a sensation of current passage in the region of her upper lip on the right. Pain attacks occur spontaneously and last 35 minutes. The patient usually has 2-3 attacks a day. The patient is unable to establish the cause of this disease. Examination of her oral cavity revealed no pathological changes. Oral cavity is sanitated. Test orthopantomogram shows an impacted supernumerary 13 tooth. What is the most likely diagnosis?
Answer options
- Pterygopalatine ganglionitis
- Neuritis of the II branch of trigeminus
- Peripheral neuralgia of the II branch of trigeminus
- Right-sided upper jaw pulpitis
- Central neuralgia of the II branch of trigeminus
Correct answer
Peripheral neuralgia of the II branch of trigeminus
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