SUNCT and trigeminal neuralgia attributed to meningoencephalitis

We describe a 46-year-old female with viral meningoencephalitis (likely varicella-zoster virus) who developed a SUNCT syndrome followed a few days later by trigeminal neuralgia. Both disorders resolved in parallel with the resolution of encephalitis, which suggests a causal link. In conclusion, head...

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Autores principales: Eguia, Pablo, Garcia-Monco, Juan Carlos, Ruiz-Lavilla, Nuria, Diaz-Konrad, Vanesa, Monton, Fernando
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Milan 2008
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Brief Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3476171/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18217200
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10194-008-0008-z
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author Eguia, Pablo
Garcia-Monco, Juan Carlos
Ruiz-Lavilla, Nuria
Diaz-Konrad, Vanesa
Monton, Fernando
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description We describe a 46-year-old female with viral meningoencephalitis (likely varicella-zoster virus) who developed a SUNCT syndrome followed a few days later by trigeminal neuralgia. Both disorders resolved in parallel with the resolution of encephalitis, which suggests a causal link. In conclusion, headache attributed to intracranial infection may have the clinical features of SUNCT or TN.
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spelling pubmed-34761712012-11-29 SUNCT and trigeminal neuralgia attributed to meningoencephalitis Eguia, Pablo Garcia-Monco, Juan Carlos Ruiz-Lavilla, Nuria Diaz-Konrad, Vanesa Monton, Fernando J Headache Pain Brief Report We describe a 46-year-old female with viral meningoencephalitis (likely varicella-zoster virus) who developed a SUNCT syndrome followed a few days later by trigeminal neuralgia. Both disorders resolved in parallel with the resolution of encephalitis, which suggests a causal link. In conclusion, headache attributed to intracranial infection may have the clinical features of SUNCT or TN. Springer Milan 2008-01-23 2008-02 /pmc/articles/PMC3476171/ /pubmed/18217200 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10194-008-0008-z Text en © Springer-Verlag 2008
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SUNCT and trigeminal neuralgia attributed to meningoencephalitis
title SUNCT and trigeminal neuralgia attributed to meningoencephalitis
title_full SUNCT and trigeminal neuralgia attributed to meningoencephalitis
title_fullStr SUNCT and trigeminal neuralgia attributed to meningoencephalitis
title_full_unstemmed SUNCT and trigeminal neuralgia attributed to meningoencephalitis
title_short SUNCT and trigeminal neuralgia attributed to meningoencephalitis
title_sort sunct and trigeminal neuralgia attributed to meningoencephalitis
topic Brief Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3476171/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10194-008-0008-z
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