Referred Otalgia in Head and Neck Cancer: A Unifying Schema

@article{Scarbrough2003ReferredOI,
  title={Referred Otalgia in Head and Neck Cancer: A Unifying Schema},
  author={Todd J. Scarbrough and Terry Day and Todd E. Williams and James Hardin and Eric G. Aguero and Charles R. Thomas},
  journal={American Journal of Clinical Oncology},
  year={2003},
  volume={26},
  pages={e157-e162}
}
Pain referred to the ear is a commonly encountered clinical event, and the differential diagnoses that must be considered for pain in a normal ear are numerous. For physicians involved in the treatment of patients with referred ear pain, especially those involved in the care of patients with head and neck malignancies, a basic understanding of the mechanisms involved to produce this phenomenon is required. Several sources offer figures outlining the neuroanatomic basis of nonotogenic ear pain… 
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The various sensorineural pathways that dually innervate the ear and other sites within the head and neck are outlined, as well as various disease processes that are known to result in referred otalgia are discussed.
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For the otalgia in a patient with laryngeal cancer and cervical metastasis he was referred from the otorhinolaryngology department, he had no problem around his ear and his otalgia dramatically improved.
Secondary Otalgia: Referred Pain Pathways and Pathologies
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The purposes of this review are to detail the currently proposed mechanisms of referred ear pain, review the salient neuroanatomy of the complex pathways responsible for secondary otalgia, highlight important benign and malignant etiologies of referredEar pain, and provide a structured search pattern for approaching these challenging cases on cross-sectional imaging.
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This review collected and analyzed articles on otalgia and described anatomical considerations and clinical evaluation of otalgia, and outlined various causes and treatment options for primary and referred otalgia.
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The anatomic basis for otalgia is reviewed, the common etiologies and current treatments are overviews, and a structured approach to patient assessment is recommended.
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Frequency of Involvement of Different Head and Neck Sites in Referred Otalgia
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It has been concluded that the patients presenting with ear pain, have sometimes no underlying ear pathology and it is important to examine all other sites of head and neck which share sensory innervation with the ear including teeth, tonsils, pharynx, larynX, nose and paranasal sinuses to find out the exact cause of referred otalgia.
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  • 2017
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An algorithm to evaluate secondary Otalgia was developed and the role of cervical spine disease in chronic secondary otalgia was examined and the most frequent etiological factors were CSD, TMD, dental pathologies, and chronic sinusitis.
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