Abstract
We report a case of atypical facial pain, which was initially diagnosed as trigeminal neuralgia at another outpatient department. A 69-year-old woman complained of pain on her right infraorbital area. The pain in the face of which the patient complained did not seem to be consistent with symptons of trigeminal neuralgia, therefore, we diagnosed her facial pain as atypical facial pain based on her history and physical examination. The patient was treated with stellate ganglion block once a day for 20 days and infraorbital nerve block once on her 1st hospital day. On her 2nd hospital day, her pain did not progress and on her 20th hospital day, her facial pain was relieved. We confirmed that stellate ganglion block and infraorbital nerve block were effective for treatment of atypical facial neuralgia.
