Authors: Elijah Chaila E Ali D Rawluk M Hutchinson
Publish Date: 2010/11/12
Volume: 258, Issue: 4, Pages: 694-695
Abstract
Shortlasting unilateral neuralgiform headache with conjuctival injection and tearing SUNCT is a rare headache syndrome characterised by unilateral orbital or temporal pain that is stabbing or throbbing in quality and of moderate severity lasting 5–240 s associated with conjuctival injection and tearing Less common autonomic symptoms include sweating of the forehead and rhinorrhoea There should be at least 20 attacks per day to fulfil the International Headache Society criteria for the diagnosis of SUNCT 1 It is differentiated from paroxysmal hemicranias by its unresponsiveness to indomethacin SUNCT is also refractory to most drugs used in the treatment of other shortlasting headaches While most cases are primary idiopathic SUNCT can be symptomatic and due to cerebellopontine angle arteriovenous malformations 2 brainstem cavernous angioma 3 cerebellopontine angle astrocytoma or pituitary adenomas 4 5 We report a patient with symptomatic SUNCT due to
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