1 40 1 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. URL Address <a href="http://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjoto.2018.09.021" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjoto.2018.09.021</a> Pages 306–311 Issue 2 Volume 40 NEOMED College NEOMED College of Medicine NEOMED Department Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Update on the diagnostic considerations for neurogenic nasal and sinus symptoms: A current review suggests adding a possible diagnosis of migraine. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available American journal of otolaryngology Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2019 2019-04 Subject The topic of the resource Antibiotics; Failed treatment; Migraine; Paranasal sinuses; Rhinology; Rhinosinusitis; Sinus CT scan; sinusitis Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Godley Frederick A; Casiano Roy R; Mehle Mark; McGeeney Brian; Gottschalk Christopher Description An account of the resource BACKGROUND: Treatment of rhinosinusitis (RS) is one of the leading reasons for prescriptions of antibiotics, although they often fail to provide symptomatic relief. Appropriately diagnosing and treating patients presenting with RS for whom antibiotic therapy has failed or who have normal CT findings is a controversial topic. One explanation is that what these patients are experiencing is misinformation from the trigeminal nerve and autonomic nervous system. Midfacial pain and pressure with rhinorrhea and nasal congestion do not represent an infectious, or even inflammatory, condition within the sinus or nasal cavities, but a mirage that is best treated as a migraine variant. Observations Although there is not enough research to definitively prove this alternate etiology, we are reaching a tipping point where the clinical implications, real-world experience, and evolving literature support this possible alternate etiology. Four key factors support a midfacial migraine that mimics RS: 1) Pathophysiology: current pathophysiology literature offers a model of how migraine attacks could replicate clinical presentations of RS; 2) Clinical presentation: patients with infectious RS and midfacial migraine have similar symptomatic presentation, similar demographics, but poorly correlated radiological information; 3) Diagnosis: clinical studies support the proposition that there are alternative diagnostic tools for distinguishing patients with midfacial migraine; and 4) Prognosis: Select RS patients show significant improvement with migraine treatment. CONCLUSIONS: We encourage medical professionals to consider migraine disease as a form of sensory misinformation and as a possible etiology of RS complaints. Clinicians can ask validated questions to determine if possible migraine could be an underlying cause, and there are standard preventative treatments for migraine that could alleviate patient symptoms. Dysfunctional vasomotor activity may be the root of the disturbances, particularly when antibiotic therapy fails and CT findings are discordant with symptoms. Until there is a diagnostic test for migraine, clinicians need to question a patient's self-diagnosis of rhinosinusitis. More research is needed to definitively answer this important question. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="http://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjoto.2018.09.021" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">10.1016/j.amjoto.2018.09.021</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Article information provided for research and reference use only. All rights are retained by the journal listed under publisher and/or the creator(s). 2019 American journal of otolaryngology Antibiotics Casiano Roy R Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology Failed treatment Godley Frederick A Gottschalk Christopher McGeeney Brian Mehle Mark Migraine NEOMED College of Medicine Paranasal sinuses Rhinology Rhinosinusitis Sinus CT scan sinusitis