Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology, oral radiology, and endodontics
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Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod · Dec 2007
ReviewTrigeminal autonomic cephalalgias. Part 3: short-lasting unilateral neuralgiform headache attacks with conjunctival injection and tearing.
Short-lasting unilateral neuralgiform headache attacks with conjunctival injection and tearing (SUNCT) is a syndrome characterized by severe, strictly unilateral short-lasting (between 5 and 240 seconds) pain localized to orbital, supraorbital, and temporal areas, accompanied by ipsilateral conjunctival injection and lacrimation. It represents 1 of 3 primary headaches classified as trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias (TACs). Although its prevalence is extremely small, SUNCT patients may present at dental offices seeking relief for their pain. ⋯ This will avoid the pitfall of implementing unnecessary and inappropriate traditional dental treatments in hopes of alleviating this neurovascular pain. The following article is part 3 of a review on TACs and focuses on SUNCT. Aspects of SUNCT, including epidemiology, genetics, pathophysiology, clinical presentation, classification and variants, diagnosis, medical management, and dental considerations are discussed.