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Auriculotemporal Nerve Entrapment

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Auriculotemporal nerve (ATN) entrapment commonly causes pain around the ear and jaw and can have overlapping characteristics to migraine headaches. Diagnosis is made by physical examination of the temporal fossa and the temporomandibular joint and by injection of local anesthetic over the nerve. Treatment of ATN entrapment includes medications, nerve injections, cryoneuroablation, chemical neurolysis, neuromodulation, and surgical decompression.

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  1. Pain and Headache Center, Anchorage, AK, USA

    Andrea M. Trescot MD, ABIPP, FIPP

  2. Department of Neurology, Northwest Hospital, 1536 N 115th St., Suite 330, Seattle, WA, 98133, USA

    Esther Rawner MD

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Trescot, A.M., Rawner, E. (2016). Auriculotemporal Nerve Entrapment. In: Trescot, A.M. (eds) Peripheral Nerve Entrapments. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27482-9_15

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