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. 2017 Oct 25;60(6):738–748. doi: 10.3340/jkns.2017.0506.010

Table 1.

Diagnostic criteria of glossopharyngeal neuralgia9)

  1. At least three attacks of unilateral pain fulfilling criteria B and C occurred.

  2. Pain is located in the posterior part of the tongue, tonsillar fossa, pharynx, or beneath the angle of the lower jaw and/or in the ear.

  3. Pain has at least three of the following four characteristics:

    1. Recurring paroxysmal attacks lasting from a few seconds to 2 min.

    2. Severe intensity.

    3. Shooting, stabbing, or sharp in quality.

    4. Precipitated by swallowing, coughing, talking, or yawning.

  4. No clinically evident neurological deficits.

  5. Not accounted for better by another ICHD-3 diagnosis.

ICHD: The International Classification of Headache Disorders