title: [Sunct syndrome: case report and literature review].
abstract: The case of a woman with short neuralgiform paroxysmal attacks located in orbital-periorbital area and associated with autonomic features of ten years duration is reported. This headache syndrome is compared with trigeminal neuralgia involving the first branch of the nerve. Duration, intensity, spreading of the pain and presence of accompanying ipsilateral vasomotor phenomena may be of help in the differential diagnosis. According to the latest reports, sex distribution which passed from 17 men/2 women to 18/6 and effect of the carbamazepine on pain would not appear to have an effect. Nevertheless other reports are needed to distinguish these two clinical syndromes and to develop an etiological and pathogenesis hypothesis.
authors.affiliation: Service de neurologie, CHU La Cavale Blanche, Brest.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lanusse
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Senechal
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rouhart
authors.forename: J Y
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Goas
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D018712:Analgesics, Non-Narcotic / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002220:Carbamazepine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003229:Conjunctival Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006261:Headache / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007766:Lacrimal Apparatus Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009437:Neuralgia / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D013577:Syndrome
chemical_list: D018712:Analgesics, Non-Narcotic; D002220:Carbamazepine