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01-06-2018 | Review Article

Prevalence of pain due to rhinosinusitis: a review

Authors: Carlotta Pipolo, Alberto Maria Saibene, Giovanni Felisati

Published in: Neurological Sciences | Special Issue 1/2018

Abstract

Headache secondary to sinonasal disease is still overestimated in the diagnostic pathway of cephalalgia. Contrary to belief, so-called sinus headaches are fairly uncommon and seen mostly in acute sinusitis or acute exacerbations. Even though literature has written extensively about the prevalence of migraines in self-diagnosed or primary care-diagnosed sinus headache, there is only a small body of literature regarding the real prevalence of pain and headache occurring during acute and chronic sinusitis.

We reviewed the current literature and clarified the differences in presentation of pain for acute and chronic sinusitis, highlighting the higher prevalence of pain in chronic rhinosinusitis without polyps versus with polyps. Furthermore, we stressed the need for a rethinking in the clinical diagnosis of sinusitis based on pain as a major symptom.

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Title: Prevalence of pain due to rhinosinusitis: a review
Authors: Carlotta Pipolo
Alberto Maria Saibene
Giovanni Felisati
Publication date: 01-06-2018
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Published in: Neurological Sciences / Issue Special Issue 1/2018
Print ISSN: 1590-1874
Electronic ISSN: 1590-3478
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-018-3336-z

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