Cluster-tic syndrome and basilar artery ectasia: a case report

J J Ochoa; R Alberca; F Cañadillas; A Blanco

doi:10.1111/j.1526-4610.1993.hed3309512.x

Cluster-tic syndrome and basilar artery ectasia: a case report

Headache. 1993 Oct;33(9):512-3. doi: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.1993.hed3309512.x.

Authors

J J Ochoa¹, R Alberca, F Cañadillas, A Blanco

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurology, H.U. Reina Sofia, Córdoba, Spain.

PMID: 8262800
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.1993.hed3309512.x

Abstract

A 54-year-old patient presented with two types of pain. The first was similar to trigeminal neuralgia and the second was similar to cluster headache. Clinical diagnosis was cluster-tic syndrome. Neuro-imaging studies disclosed an ectatic basilar artery. The significance of this finding is difficult to ascertain.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Basilar Artery / physiopathology*
Cerebral Angiography
Cluster Headache / diagnostic imaging
Cluster Headache / physiopathology*
Dilatation, Pathologic / diagnostic imaging
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Syndrome
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Trigeminal Neuralgia / diagnostic imaging
Trigeminal Neuralgia / physiopathology*