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. 2000 Jul 15;321(7254):162–165. doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7254.162
Local diseases Neurological disorders
• Teeth and supporting tissues • Trigeminal neuralgia
• Jaws • Malignant neoplasms
• Maxillary antrum • Multiple sclerosis
• Salivary glands • Herpes zoster
• Eyes • SUNCT syndrome
Psychogenic pain Vascular disorders
• Atypical facial pain and other • Migraine
oral symptoms associated with • Migrainous neuralgia
anxiety or depression (such as •  Temporal arteritis (giant cell arteritis)
mandibular pain-dysfunction) • Paroxysmal hemicrania
• Burning mouth syndrome •  Neuralgia-inducing cavitational osteonecrosis
Referred pain
• Angina
• Lesions in neck or chest
(including lung cancer)