title: Cluster-tic syndrome and basilar artery ectasia: a case report.
abstract: A 54-year-old patient presented with two types of pain. The first was similar to trigeminal neuralgia and the second was similar to cluster headache. Clinical diagnosis was cluster-tic syndrome. Neuro-imaging studies disclosed an ectatic basilar artery. The significance of this finding is difficult to ascertain.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, H.U. Reina Sofia, Córdoba, Spain.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Ochoa
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Alberca
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cañadillas
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Blanco
mesh_terms: D001488:Basilar Artery / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D003027:Cluster Headache / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013577:Syndrome; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014277:Trigeminal Neuralgia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*