Pain in the jaw while chewing
Medical condition
Jaw claudication is pain in the jaw associated with chewing. It is a classic symptom of giant-cell arteritis ,[ 1] [ 2] but can be confused with symptoms of temporomandibular joint disease , rheumatoid arthritis of the temporomandibular joint , myasthenia gravis , tumors of the parotid gland , or occlusion or stenosis of the external carotid artery .[ 3]
The term is derived by analogy from claudication of the leg , where pain is caused by arterial insufficiency .[citation needed ]
^ Jaw claudication is the only clinical predictor of giant-cell arteritis. Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Medicine, and Pathology, 29 (3): 264-269. Hitoshi Sato, Mariko Inoue, Wataru Muraoka, Takaaki Kamatani, Seiji Asoda, Hiromasa Kawana, Taneaki Nakagawa, Koichi Wajima. (May 2017) doi :10.1016/j.ajoms.2016.12.002
^ Stone, John H. (2009). A Clinician's Pearls & Myths in Rheumatology . Springer Science & Business Media. p. 287. ISBN 9781848009349 . Retrieved 11 November 2017 .
^ Goodman BW, Jr; Shepard, FA (February 1983). "Jaw claudication. Its value as a diagnostic clue". Postgraduate Medicine . 73 (2): 177–83. doi :10.1080/00325481.1983.11697764 . PMID 6823455 .