Preliminary communication
https://doi.org/10.15644/asc51/1/6
The Significance of Brain Transcranial Sonography in Burning Mouth Syndrome: a Pilot Study
Iris Zavoreo
; Department of Neurology, University Hospital Center, Sisters of Mercy, Zagreb, Croatia
Vanja Vučićević Boras
orcid.org/0000-0003-1651-8069
; Department of Oral Medicine, School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb; University Dental Clinic, University Hospital Center, Croatia
Dijana Zadravec
; Department of Radiology, School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb, Croatia; University Hospital Center, Sisters of Mercy, Zagreb, Croatia
Vanja Bašić Kes
; Department of Neurology, University Hospital Center, Sisters of Mercy, Zagreb, Croatia
Dubravka Ciliga
; Department of General and Applied Kinesiology, Faculty of Kinesiology, Zagreb, Croatia
Dragana Gabrić
; Department of Oral Surgery, School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb, Croatia; University Dental Clinic, University Hospital Center, Croatia
Abstract
Objective: Burning mouth syndrome (BMS) is a chronic disorder which is affecting mostly postmenopausal women and is characterized by burning symptoms in the oral cavity on the clinically healthy oral mucosa. The results of previous studies suggested a possible role of peripheral and/or central neurological disturbances in these patients. The aim of this study was to analyze patients with burning mouth syndrome using transcranial sonography. Methods: By use of transcranial sonography of the brain parenchyma, substantia nigra, midbrain raphe and brain nucleus were evaluated in 20 patients with BMS (64.7±12.3 years) and 20 controls with chronic pain in the lumbosacral region (61.5±15). Statistical analysis was performed by use of Student t test with significance set at p<0.05. Results: The results of this study have shown hypoechogenicity of the substantia nigra and midbrain raphe as well as hyperechogenicity of the brain nucleus in BMS patients (p<0,05) as compared to controls. Conclusions: Altered transcranial sonography findings of the brain parenchyma, midbrain raphe and brain nucleus in patients with burning mouth syndrome might reflect central disturbances within this syndrome.
Keywords
Burning Mouth Syndrome; Transcranial Sonography; substantia nigra; Midbrain Raphe Nuclei; Red Nucleus
Hrčak ID:
177493
URI
Publication date:
17.3.2017.
Visits: 2.216 *