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Cefalea tipo SUNCT y quiste de la bolsa de Rathke: controversias sobre su relación

2010; Viguera Publishers; Volume: 50; Issue: 02 Linguagem: Inglês

10.33588/rn.5002.2009440

1576-6578

Fernando Ortega Valín, Ana Belén Caminero Rodríguez,

Neurosurgical Procedures and Complications

SUNCT is a primary headache, although in a small percentage of cases it is associated with intracranial lesions, generally in the pituitary area or in the posterior fossa.A 69 years-old woman with SUNCT whose magnetic resonance imaging showed chronic bleeding in a Rathke's cleft cyst. This is the first case report of this association.We discuss the relation between the two conditions and the utility and risks of surgery to control refractory headache.