Headache and facial pain.¶Franco Mongini. Thieme, Stuttgart, 1999, ISBN 3-13-116541-3, DM 228
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There are beautiful Italian women in this book. This is not the only merit of the book, however, which brings together knowledge of facial pain and that of headache. Most headache ex- perts are familiar with the classifica- tion of the International Headache Society (IHS), but the classification of the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) is less well known. The IHS classification is based principally on etiology (pri- mary headaches separated from sec- ondary headaches), while etiology is only one of the five axes of the IASP classification. Therefore the IHS clas- sification is much more detailed in primary orders, while the IASP is better in secondary orders. This di- chotomy leads to the weak points of the book. More than one-third of the volume deals with “classification and pathophysiology,” but primary and secondary disorders are mixed up. There is no clear statement of which entity of a certain disease “muscle dysfunction" or “posture alterations” play an important role. As a conse- quence of this fuzzy concept, many sentences in the second, third, and fourth parts contain the verbs “may be,” “might be,” “can be,” and “could be.” These statements are not very helpful in understanding the diseases. The therapy section lacks clear infor- mation on the extent to which given regimes are valid and in which de- fined circumstances. The beautiful Italian women illustrate many case reports which prove little. Probably everyone would be glad to have the book, but not everyone would be glad to have bought it. BOOK REVIEW Guy Arnold Headache and facial pain. Franco Mongini. Thieme, Stuttgart, 1999, ISBN 3–13–116541–3, DM 228 J Neurol (2000) 247: 482 © Steinkopff Verlag 2000 G. Arnold, Berlin
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Transcript of Headache and facial pain.¶Franco Mongini. Thieme, Stuttgart, 1999, ISBN 3-13-116541-3, DM 228
There are beautiful Italian women inthis book. This is not the only meritof the book, however, which bringstogether knowledge of facial pain andthat of headache. Most headache ex-perts are familiar with the classifica-tion of the International HeadacheSociety (IHS), but the classificationof the International Association forthe Study of Pain (IASP) is less wellknown. The IHS classification isbased principally on etiology (pri-
mary headaches separated from sec-ondary headaches), while etiology isonly one of the five axes of the IASPclassification. Therefore the IHS clas-sification is much more detailed inprimary orders, while the IASP isbetter in secondary orders. This di-chotomy leads to the weak points ofthe book. More than one-third of thevolume deals with “classification andpathophysiology,” but primary andsecondary disorders are mixed up.There is no clear statement of whichentity of a certain disease “muscledysfunction" or “posture alterations”play an important role. As a conse-
quence of this fuzzy concept, manysentences in the second, third, andfourth parts contain the verbs “maybe,” “might be,” “can be,” and “couldbe.” These statements are not veryhelpful in understanding the diseases.The therapy section lacks clear infor-mation on the extent to which givenregimes are valid and in which de-fined circumstances. The beautifulItalian women illustrate many casereports which prove little. Probablyeveryone would be glad to have thebook, but not everyone would be gladto have bought it.
BOOK REVIEW
Guy Arnold Headache and facial pain. Franco Mongini. Thieme, Stuttgart, 1999, ISBN 3–13–116541–3, DM 228
J Neurol (2000) 247:482© Steinkopff Verlag 2000
G. Arnold, Berlin
