SUNCT headaches after ipsilateral ophthalmic-distribution zoster.
Nine days after left ophthalmic-distribution zoster, a 47-year-old man developed SUNCT headaches (short-lasting unilateral neuralgiform headache with conjunctival injection and tearing). In contrast to two prior cases of SUNCT that developed after varicella zoster virus (VZV) meningoencephalitis without rash, this case describes an association of SUNCT with overt zoster, thus adding to the spectrum of headache and facial pain syndromes caused by VZV reactivation.
Department of Neurology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA.
Maria A
MA
Nagel
Department of Neurology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
Ted M
TM
Burns
Department of Neurology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA; Department of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA. Electronic address: don.gilden@ucdenver.edu.
Don
D
Gilden
D007839:Functional Laterality; D006563:Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D050798:SUNCT Syndrome / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology
Headaches; SUNCT; VZV