Treatment of unexplained facial numbness with stellate ganglion blockade: A case report

To date, there is no established treatment for facial numbness or dysesthesia of unspecified causes. Herein, we report a case of unexplained facial numbness and confirmed hypesthesia that achieved clinical response to stellate ganglion blockade (SGB). SGB might be an effective treatment of psychological stress‐related facial numbness of unknown origin.

• Publication year

  2023

• Venue

  Clinical Case Reports

• Publication date

  2023-01-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1002/ccr3.6871PMID 36698517PMCID 9850849
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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