Jaw Claudication Causes & Reasons

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Possible Causes

Temporal Arteritis

While physicians should be alert to the significance of visual symptoms or jaw claudication, ophthalmologists should be ready to facilitate prompt TABs when appropriate. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Clinical features are headache, visual loss, ophthalmoplegia, jaw claudication, temporal headache, with tenderness and thickening on the affected temporal artery. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

MRI results were correlated with jaw claudication in 70 patients. [doi.org]

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Polymyalgia Rheumatica

GCA is characterized by headache, jaw claudication, and visual disturbances. Constitutional symptoms and elevated inflammatory markers are common to both conditions. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The patient should be asked about headaches, jaw claudication and visual disturbance. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The diagnosis should be considered in patients aged 50 years presenting with symptoms such as new headache, visual disturbances, jaw claudication or symptoms of PMR. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Amyloidosis

Carpal tunnel syndrome, jaw claudication, and articular deposits of amyloid can also be a manifestation of systemic amyloidosis. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

In a retrospective study conducted by the Mayo Clinic, of a total of 1596 patients, only 12 patients presented with myopathy, pseudohypertrophy, jaw claudication and creatine [scielo.org.co]

Sometimes the angina is accompanied by jaw claudication.25 As we mentioned above, the affected vessels are normally intramyocardial and the epicardial arteries usually fail [revespcardiol.org]

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Systemic Amyloidosis

Jaw claudication in primary systemic amyloidosis. Medicine (Baltimore) 65, 173–179 (1986). 18. Salvarani, C. et al. [nature.com]

[…] pseudo-obstruction, voiding dysfunction) Lung Imaging studies Diffuse bilateral interstitial pattern Direct biopsy Histological Skin and soft tissue Clinical Macroglossia, jaw [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Jaw claudication in primary amyloidosis: unusual presentation of a rare disease. J. Rheumatol. 30, 2283–2286 (2003). 20. [nature.com]

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Non-Cranial Giant Cell Arteritis

Distinguishing between jaw pain from other causes (such as temporomandibular joint dysfunction) and true jaw claudication is important – the pain in jaw claudication is a [bpac.org.nz]

Jaw claudication is noted especially when firm foods are chewed. Jaw claudication and diplopia are associated with a higher risk of blindness. [merckmanuals.com]

Depending on the involved arteries, throbbing pain over the temple region, jaw claudication, a tender and hardened temporal artery, temporary loss of vision ( amaurosis fugax [amboss.com]

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Giant Cell Aortic Arteritis

Distinguishing between jaw pain from other causes (such as temporomandibular joint dysfunction) and true jaw claudication is important – the pain in jaw claudication is a [bpac.org.nz]

Jaw claudication is noted especially when firm foods are chewed. Jaw claudication and diplopia are associated with a higher risk of blindness. [msdmanuals.com]

Jaw or tongue claudication occurs in a minority of cases but indicates a high risk of ischaemic complications. [patient.info]

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Rheumatoid Arteritis

Jaw claudication : pain that worsens as patient chews, not just pain when patient chews. [thecurbsiders.com]

Granulomas form in arterial media Often associated with polymyalgia rheumatica Clinical Presentation Constitutional – fever, fatigue, malaise, weight loss Otorhinologic – jaw [arupconsult.com]

Clinical description GCA often starts insidiously with general symptoms, cranial manifestations (headache, jaw claudication, scalp tenderness, visual loss), and, in about [orpha.net]

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Myasthenia Gravis

We describe the case of a 3-week-old boy with pyloric stenosis who presented for laparoscopic pyloromyotomy in the setting of symptomatic transient neonatal myasthenia gravis. The patient received muscle relaxation with rocuronium, and neuromuscular blockade was successfully reversed with sugammadex with[…] [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Optic Nerve Infarction

CLINICAL FEATURES-SYSTEMIC OCULAR  new onset of headache in older  Scalp tenderness,jaw claudication  Fever, anorexia, wt.loss,malaise  Polymyalgia rheumatica(proxim [slideshare.net]

Jaw claudication is less common, but is highly specific for arteritis. [entokey.com]

Other distinguishing features of AAION include a history of jaw claudication, scalp tenderness, weight loss, headache, and fatigue. [glaucomatoday.com]

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Optic Neuropathy

[…] pain provoked by chewing ("jaw claudication"), limb girdle joint pain, fatigue, malaise, low-grade fever, and elevated sedimentation rate and/or C-reactive protein Optic [kellogg.umich.edu]

claudication, myalgia, temporal tenderness The chalky pallor of the optic disc and the presence of cupping on ophthalmoscopy Findings on fluorescein angiography which show [news-medical.net]

In patients with giant cell arteritis, the clinical features include malaise, myalgia, headaches, jaw claudication, and temporal artery tenderness. [symptoma.com]

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Renal Arteritis

claudication and visual symptoms. [casereports.bmj.com]

Jaw claudication is common. Lower extremity involvement is less common. [online.epocrates.com]

claudication, temporal artery tenderness, amaurosis fugax, decreased temporal pulse, and scalp pain present in the majority of cases [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]. [physio-pedia.com]

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Retinal Artery Embolism

Rizzo First published August 2, 2010, DOI: A 79-year-old woman developed headache, jaw claudication, and left eye visual loss. [neurology.org]

Patients who have giant cell arteritis are 55 or older and may have a headache, a tender and palpable temporal artery, jaw claudication, fatigue, or a combination. [merckmanuals.com]

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Drug-induced Fever

claudication, fever, anemia, and markedly elevated ESR. [antimicrobe.org]

[…] arteritis, also known as cranial or giant cell arteritis, is a disease of the elderly characterized by headache, scalp tenderness, thickened tender or pulseless temporal artery, jaw [antimicrobe.org]

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Juvenile Temporal Arteritis

Ophthalmic aa or posterior ciliary aa thrombosis -- Amaurosis fugux, opthalmoplegia, blindness (if not treated) A/w: polymyaglia rheumatica (proximal muscle pain, 50%), jaw [learnneurosurgery.com]

Tongue and jaw claudication (pain and fatigue of the jaw and tongue muscles) while chewing. Some patients have a visibly swollen and painful to touch temporal artery. [doctorstrizhak.com]

Jaw claudication with prolonged chewing results from vascular insufficiency to the muscles of mastication. [rheumaknowledgy.com]

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Central Retinal Artery Occlusion

An 82-year-old man presented with acute, painless vision loss in the left eye associated with headaches, jaw claudication, and scalp tenderness. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Patients who have giant cell arteritis are 55 or older and may have a headache, a tender and palpable temporal artery, jaw claudication, fatigue, or a combination. [merckmanuals.com]

MEDS : ASA, Plavix, nitroglycerine PRN and alfalfa pills ROS : denied headaches, jaw claudication, scalp tenderness, weight loss, and loss of appetite EXAM Best corrected [webeye.ophth.uiowa.edu]

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Systemic Vasculitis

Half of patients suffer jaw claudication, characterised by rapid onset from the start of mastication. [elsevier.es]

Jaw claudication was the most specific symptom of giant cell arteritis (GCA) in a study which correlated positive biopsies with clinical symptoms.4 Of a total of 134 patients [elsevier.es]

Twenty‐two patients (81%) had cephalic symptoms, including jaw claudication in 33%, clinically abnormal temporal arteries in 33%, and neuro‐ophthalmologic symptoms in 11%. [doi.org]

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Vasculitis

The sclap may be tender and there may be jaw claudication and sore throat. Involvement of the ophthalmic arteries may lead to loss of vision. [symptoma.com]

In addition, individuals can get jaw claudication, which is when there’s temporal artery insufficiency causing ischemia of the masticatory muscles, leading to pain while chewing [osmosis.org]

Half of patients suffer jaw claudication, characterised by rapid onset from the start of mastication. [elsevier.es]

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IgG4-Related Aortitis

She denied fevers, chills, night sweats, visual changes, jaw claudication, joint pain, or focal neurologic symptoms. Her medications included aspirin and captopril. [jrheum.org]

She denied headache, vision changes, and jaw claudication. [uscapknowledgehub.org]

He denied having head-aches, vision changes, jaw claudication, rash, weakness, orsymptoms of polymyalgia rheumatica.Physical examination on the sixth postoperativeday revealed [vdocuments.mx]

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Pulmonary Arteritis

Typical symptoms include headache, temporal artery tenderness and jaw claudication. On rare occasions patients present with complaints related to pulmonary involvement. [journalpulmonology.org]

Jaw claudication is common. Lower extremity involvement is less common. [online.epocrates.com]

Chewing Gum Test for Jaw Claudication in Giant-Cell Arteritis. N Engl J Med. 2016 May 5. 374 (18):1794-5. [Medline]. [Full Text]. Bhatti MT, Frohman L, Nesher G. [emedicine.medscape.com]

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Medial Sclerosis

Her scalp tenderness, jaw claudication, and hearing loss all resolved and did not recur after the taper. [canadianjournalofophthalmology.ca]

An 85-year-old female presented with a 2-week history of left-sided scalp tenderness, jaw claudication, 1 new oral ulcer, and left-sided hearing loss. [canadianjournalofophthalmology.ca]

claudication) who was found to have MCS on TAB. [canadianjournalofophthalmology.ca]

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Carotid Stenosis

claudication inflammatory markers no carotid stenosis is seen on ultrasound Treatment Management approach screening for asymptomatic patients is not recommended all patients [medbullets.com]

Differential Temporal arteritis distinguishing factors may also present with amaurosis fugax and carotid bruit however, may present with other symptoms such as h eadache or jaw [medbullets.com]

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Hyponatremia

May also have tenderness in temples or jaw claudication. Some brain cancers are more common in older people. [en.wikipedia.org]

If there is jaw claudication and scalp tenderness in an older person, a temporal artery biopsy to look for temporal arteritis should be performed and immediate treatment should [en.wikipedia.org]

claudication, tender vessels by the temples, polymyalgia rheumatica acute closed angle glaucoma (increased pressure in the eyeball): headache that starts with eye pain, blurry [en.wikipedia.org]

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Aortitis

A 72-year-old man, who is a hunter, presented with weight loss, fever, jaw claudication, and hardened temporal arteries associated with a persistent inflammatory syndrome [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

She denied fevers, chills, night sweats, visual changes, jaw claudication, joint pain, or focal neurologic symptoms. Her medications included aspirin and captopril. [jrheum.org]

claudication (resulting from involvement of the branches of the external carotid artery), visual field changes (caused by involvement of the ophthalmic, posterior ciliary [doi.org]

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Ischemic Peripheral Neuropathy

Symptoms such as general malaise, muscle aches and pains, headaches over the temple, pain when combing hair, jaw claudication, and tenderness over the temporal artery may [msdmanuals.com]

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Stroke

The classical presentation features include: headache, visual disturbances, and jaw claudication. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Migraine

Beware "jaw claudication" (temporal arteritis) and glaucoma, particularly in the older patient. [emed.ie]

Scalp tenderness or jaw claudication. Focal neurological abnormalities or confusion, seizures or impaired level of consciousness. [patient.info]

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Polyarthritis

He denied any fevers, rash, weight loss, leg symptoms, neck pain, face swelling, visual changes, or jaw claudication. [shmabstracts.com]

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Retinal Arterial Branch Occlusion

Patients who have giant cell arteritis are 55 or older and may have a headache, a tender and palpable temporal artery, jaw claudication, fatigue, or a combination. [merckmanuals.com]

In addition, he denied any jaw claudication, scalp tenderness, fatigue or headaches that were consistent with giant cell arteritis. [reviewofoptometry.com]

[…] or shoulder pain (claudication), fever, scalp tenderness, and weight loss) • Endocarditis • Intravenous Drug Use Because these are such serious systemic diseases, prompt [optometrystudents.com]

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Necrotizing Arteritis

[…] artery temporal (giant cell) arteritis presentation of temporal (giant cell arteritis) 1. headache (temporal artery involvement) 2. visual disturbances (ophthalmic artery) 3. jaw [quizlet.com]

claudication and scalp tenderness [ 7, 8 ]. [omicsonline.org]

Giant cell arteritis can present with temporal headache, claudication of the jaw, and visual changes including visual loss. [bobbybukamd.com]

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Angina Pectoris

Synonym(s): Heberden nodosities ; Rosenbach disease (1) ; tuberculum arthriticum Heberden rheumatism angina pectoris severe, claudicating, central chest pain radiating to [medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com]

[…] the left shoulder, down the left arm and upwards into the neck and jaw, characteristic of heart muscle ischaemia and diagnostic of coronary artery disease angina pectoris [medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com]

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