neurologic disorders
Short Lasting Unilateral Neuralgiform Headache With Conjunctival Injection and Tearing (SUNCT)
Diagnosis of SUNCT
Clinical evaluation Diagnosis of SUNCT is clinical. MRI or CT is done to rule out other possible causes such as a pituitary tumor SUNCT should be distinguished from Trigeminal Neuralgia , which causes similar symptoms; SUNCT differs in that It has no refractory period. Pain occurs predominantly in the ophthalmic division of the trigeminal nerve. Attacks are not triggered by cutaneous stimuli. Indomethacindoes not relieve symptoms, as it does in some other headache disorders. 