title: SUNCT syndrome. Statuslike pattern.
abstract: Four SUNCT patients with a clinical "SUNCT status" witnessed by the investigators are reported. Such an extreme aggregation of typical attacks lasting for the better part of the day, 1 to 3 days in a row has not previously been observed. Appropriate supplementary examinations ruled out an intracranial lesion in all four patients. Indeed, an observation period of more than 5 years speaks against a symptomatic etiology of SUNCT in these cases. Although rarely seen, clinical status may be a feature of the SUNCT syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Regionsykehuset I Trondheim, University Hospitals, Norway.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Pareja
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Caballero
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Sjaastad
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001342:Autonomic Nervous System Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006261:Headache / Q000145:classification / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012008:Recurrence; D013577:Syndrome; D013997:Time Factors; D014277:Trigeminal Neuralgia / Q000503:physiopathology*