SUNCT: causes and triggers
Written and reviewed by Dr Ibrahim Imam, Consultant Neurologist. Last reviewed .
SUNCT: causes and triggers. Posterior fossa arteriovenous malformation (AVM), Brainstem cavernoma. Fully referenced neurology checklist.
Vascular causes
- Posterior fossa arteriovenous malformation (AVM)
- Brainstem cavernoma
- Vascular loops: trigeminal neurovascular contact
- Brainstem infarct
Neoplastic causes
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Other causes
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Triggers
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Acronym
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References
- Cohen AS, Matharu MS, Goadsby PJ. Short-lasting unilateral neuralgiform headache attacks with conjunctival injection and tearing (SUNCT) or cranial autonomic features (SUNA) - a prospective clinical study of SUNCT and SUNA. Brain 2006; 129:2746-2760.
- Matharu MS, Cohen AS, Boes CJ, Goadsby PJ. Short-lasting unilateral neuralgiform headache with conjunctival injection and treating syndrome: a review. Curr Pain Headache Rep 2003; 7:308-318.
- Goadsby PJ, Lipton RB. A review of paroxysmal hemicranias, SUNCT syndrome and other short-lasting headaches with autonomic feature, including new cases. Brain 1997; 120:193-209.
- Lambru G, Rantell K, O'Connor E, et al. Trigeminal neurovascular contact in SUNCT and SUNA: a cross-sectional magnetic resonance study. Brain 2020; 143:3619-3628.
- Mangaraj S, Mishra PK, Choudhury AK, Mohanty BK, Baliarsinha AK. Prolactinoma presenting as short-lasting unilateral neuralgiform headache attacks with conjunctival injection and tearing syndrome. J Neurosci Rural Pract 2017; 8(Suppl 1):S158-S161.
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