SUNCT responsive to percutaneous balloon compression of the gasserian ganglion--10-year follow-up.
We report the case of a woman with short-lasting unilateral, neuralgiform headache attacks with conjunctival injection and tearing (SUNCT) whose severe headache attacks ceased after percutaneous balloon compression of the Gasserian ganglion. The patient remains pain free after 10-year follow-up. This may be the first literature report of SUNCT in Chile.
From the Universidad de Chile, Hospital Clínico - Neurología y Neurocirugía, Santiago de Chile, Chile.
Marcos
M
Baabor
Carlos Silva
CS
Rosas
Leonel
L
Pérez-Limonte
D000368:Aged; D000700:Analgesics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D050798:SUNCT Syndrome / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013995:Time; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D012668:Trigeminal Ganglion / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*
D000700:Analgesics