title: Short-lasting, unilateral neuralgiform headache attacks with conjunctival injection and tearing syndrome treated successfully with transsphenoidal resection of a growth hormone-secreting pituitary adenoma.
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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurosurgery, Albany Medical Center, Albany, New York 12208, USA. adamom@mail.amc.edu
authors.forename: Matthew A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Adamo
authors.forename: Doniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Drazin
authors.forename: A John
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Popp
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D000328:Adult; D049912:Growth Hormone-Secreting Pituitary Adenoma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D050798:SUNCT Syndrome / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*