Background: Rhinogenic headache is a painful sensation in the head and face due to intranasal contact point without any mass or inflammatory findings. Surgery is recommended in patients with nasal obstruction; however the approach in case of isolated mucosal contact point that does not cause obstruction is controversial. Our aim is to observe changes in the severity of headache in patients with isolated mucosal contact point and headache who do not complain of nasal obstruction.
Methods: Our study included patients with unilateral headache without any nasal and/or paranasal sinus pathology. We confirmed the presence of mucosal contact by nasal endoscopy and by computed tomography (CT). One hundred patients with isolated mucosal contact point without any problem in breathing were included in this study. All participants were treated by topical nasal corticosteroid for a month. Surgery was recommended to the patients with no satisfactory relieve of headache. Visual Analog Scales (VAS) were used to evaluate the severity of headache in patients at time of diagnosis (0 month), after a medical treatment (1st month) and after a surgical or medical treatment (6th month). The results were compared with each other statistically.
Results: There was a decrease in VAS values after a month of medical treatment in all patients with isolated contact point (Z = -8.352; p = 0.0). VAS values significantly improved after surgical treatment group (Z = -4.97; p = 0.0). However, VAS values of patients increased at 6th month in medical treatment group (Z = -5341 p = 0.0). After a successful surgical removal of mucosal contacts, the decrease of headache severity was more intense in patients with surgical treatment group than in the patients with medical treatment group (Z = -8.441; p = 0.0).
Conclusion: Surgical correction provides a more effective outcome in patients with rhinogenic headache. However, it is difficult to convince that headache may improve with surgery in these patients especially with isolated mucosal contact point and without nasal obstruction. In order to prove the benefit of surgery, we believe that medical treatment can be used as a guide.
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