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Sunct syndrome. Report of a case and treatment update
Cosme Gay-Escoda1, Gemma Mayor-Subirana2, Octavi Camps-Font3
1MD, DDS, MS, PhD. Chairman and Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. Faculty of Dentistry - University of Barcelona. Director of the Master of Oral Surgery and Implantology (EFHRE International University/UCAM/FUCSO). Coordinating investigator of the IDIBELL institute. Head of the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Implantology, and Director of the TMJ Disease and Orofacial Pain Unit. Teknon Medical Center. Barcelona, Spain.
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. Key words:Trigeminal autonomic cephalgias, SUNCT, Cluster headache, topiramate.
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