From: A case of vestibular schwannoma mimicking burning mouth syndrome
Burning mouth syndrome | Vestibular Schwannoma | |
---|---|---|
Laterality | mostly bilateral | unilateral |
Burning sensation | Yes | Yes |
Daily fluctuation | Yes | No |
Taste disorder | 69%(Grushka 1987) | 30 - 40.8% (Watanabe 2003, Sahu 2008) |
Trigeminal nerve dysfunction | Yes (Jaaskelainen 2017) | Yes (Selesnick 1993) |
Highest prevalence | 60 - 69years (Bergdahl 1999) | 52 - 55years (Propp 2006) |
Neurological abnormality | No | Yes |
Hearing loss | No | Yes |