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01-08-2012 | Brief Report
SUNCT syndrome treated with gamma knife targeting the trigeminal nerve and sphenopalatine ganglion
Authors:
Thomas Mathew, Dwarakanath Srinivas, Sushanth Aroor, Chandrajit Prasad, Sampath Somanna, Raghunandan Nadig, G. R. K. Sarma
Published in:
The Journal of Headache and Pain
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Issue 6/2012
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Excerpt
SUNCT syndrome, an abbreviation for short lasting-unilateral neuralgiform headache attacks with conjunctival injection and tearing is one of the most debilitating unilateral headache syndromes often refractory to medical therapy [
1]. We report a case of a 50-year-old man diagnosed with refractory SUNCT syndrome having a near complete response to gamma knife surgery targeting the trigeminal nerve and sphenopalatine ganglion. …