Short-lasting, unilateral neuralgiform headache attacks with conjunctival injection and tearing syndrome treated successfully with transsphenoidal resection of a growth hormone-secreting pituitary adenoma.
case_report · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.3171/JNS/2008/109/7/0123.
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Abstract
Short-lasting, unilateral neuralgiform headache attacks with conjunctival injection and tearing (SUNCT) syndrome was first described in 1978 as one of the trigeminal autonomic cephalgias. In this paper the authors present a patient with a growth hormone-secreting pituitary adenoma who experienced resolution of SUNCT syndrome after transsphenoidal tumor resection.
Medical subject headings
- Adenoma
- Growth Hormone-Secreting Pituitary Adenoma
- SUNCT Syndrome