jaw claudication

{{Short description|Pain in the jaw while chewing}}

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Jaw claudication is pain in the jaw associated with chewing. It is a classic symptom of giant-cell arteritis,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}}{{cite book|last1=Stone|first1=John H.|title=A Clinician's Pearls & Myths in Rheumatology|date=2009|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=9781848009349|page=287|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dZ1aJf4DViYC&q=Jaw+claudication|accessdate=11 November 2017|language=en}} 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.{{cite journal|last1=Goodman BW|first1=Jr|last2=Shepard|first2=FA|title=Jaw claudication. Its value as a diagnostic clue.|journal=Postgraduate Medicine|date=February 1983|volume=73|issue=2|pages=177–83|pmid=6823455|doi=10.1080/00325481.1983.11697764}}

The term is derived by analogy from claudication of the leg, where pain is caused by arterial insufficiency.{{cn|date=December 2021}}