differential diagnosis

Last edited 09/2018 and last reviewed 05/2022

  • dental pain (particularly in cases of unilateral facial pain)
  • neuralgic (atypical) facial pain
  • temporomandibular joint pain
  • migraine         
  • trigeminal neuralgia
  • temporal arteritis
  • neoplastic conditions (1)

Reference:

  1. Bird J et al.Adult acute rhinosinusitis. BMJ. 2013;346:f2687.