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Title: | Sunct syndrome. Report a case and treatment update |
Author: | Gay Escoda, Cosme Mayor Subirana, Gemma Camps Font, Octavi Berini Aytés, Leonardo |
Keywords: | Cefalàlgia Neuràlgia del trigemin Malalties rares Headache Trigeminal neuralgia Rare diseases |
Issue Date: | 1-Apr-2015 |
Publisher: | Medicina Oral SL |
Abstract: | Short-lasting unilateral neuralgiform headache attacks with conjuntival injection and tearing (SUNCT) is considered a rare trigeminal autonomic cephalgias, a group of primary headache disorders characterized by brief episodes of severe unilateral headache in the distribution territory of the trigeminal nerve, accompanied by prominent ipsilateral and cranial parasympathetic autonomic features. The present report describes a SUNCT syndrome in a 64-year-old male who had been diagnosed with trigeminal neuralgia several years ago. The patient reported stabbing pain in the orbital zone and in the left upper maxillary region, of great intensity, brief duration, and a frequency of 20-100 attacks a day. Pain episodes were accompanied by conjunctival injection and tearing. Based on the anamnesis, clinical examination and a magnetic resonance imaging scan, episodic SUNCT syndrome was diagnosed and pharmacological treatment with topiramate was started. This reduced the intensity and number of attacks to 3-6 a day. |
Note: | Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.4317/jced.51854 |
It is part of: | Journal of Clinical and Experimental Dentistry, 2015, vol. 7, num. 2, p. e342-e347 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/176740 |
Related resource: | https://doi.org/10.4317/jced.51854 |
ISSN: | 1989-5488 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Institut d'lnvestigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge (IDIBELL)) Articles publicats en revistes (Odontoestomatologia) |
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