Case Report: An Orofacial Pain Patient with Spots on the Brain—Multiple Sclerosis Versus Central Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Orofacial pain bridges an important gap between medicine and dentistry. This article presents the case of a man who reported preauricular pain, tinnitus, and vertigo that began after extraction of an impacted third molar and who was sent for evaluation of a possible temporomandibular joint disorder. However, he was subsequently found to have markers and imaging results consistent with recurrent and more centralized lupus and/or multiple sclerosis.

lupus; multiple sclerosis; optic neuritis; temporomandibular disorders; tinnitus

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