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.

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*