Book Review

Alan L. Jacobson and William C. Donlon (eds): Headache and Facial Pain - Diagnosis and Management.New York: Raven Press, 1990.

This is a book which deals with pain in the head, face and neck. The initial chapter covers the anatomy,physiology and pathophysiology of orofacial pain and is followed by one on the psychologic and behaviouralaspects of patients with chronic facial pain. Migraine, cluster headaches and the neuralgias are each dealtwith in separate chapters. It is a pity that a book published in 1990 should not include the InternationalHeadache Society's Classification but still quotes the 1962 Ad Hoc Committee on the Classification ofHeadache.

The interest of the book lies in the way the authors have dealt with pain arising in the teeth, the ears, theeyes and the neck. The chapter on Fibromyalgia and Temporomandibular Arthralgia is particularly helpful asnot only are there good descriptions of the conditions but details of the radiological changes and treatmentare also given. In the chapter on the paranasal sinuses the difficulties of the differential diagnoses of sinusheadache are discussed, as are the different types of headache in acute and chronic sinusitis.

Marcia Wilkinson