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- Title
ACUTE EFFECT OF SPHENOPALATINE GANGLION BLOCK WITH LIDOCAINE IN A PATIENT WITH SUNCT.
- Authors
KOCATÜRK, Mehtap; KOCATÜRK, Özcan
- Abstract
Short-lasting unilateral neuralgiform headache with conjunctival injection and tearing/short-lasting unilateral neuralgiform headache with cranial autonomic features (SUNCT/SUNA) is a rare severe headache. At the time of an attack, it can hinder a patient from eating and requires acute intervention. The sphenopalatine ganglion is an extracranial parasympathetic ganglion with both sensory and autonomic fibers. Sphenopalatine ganglion block has long been used in the treatment of headache, particularly when conventional methods have failed. Here, we present a patient who was resistant to intravenous lidocaine, but responded rapidly to sphenopalatine ganglion block during an acute episode of SUNCT/SUNA.
- Subjects
HEADACHE; CRANIAL nerves; PTERYGOPALATINE ganglion; PARASYMPATHETIC nervous system; LIDOCAINE
- Publication
Clinical Neuroscience / Ideggyógyászati Szemle, 2020, Vol 73, Issue 9/10, p345
- ISSN
0019-1442
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.18071/isz.73.0345