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Case Reports
. 2008 Oct;9(5):331-2.
doi: 10.1007/s10194-008-0060-8. Epub 2008 Aug 7.

An unusual form of TAC-TAC sine autonomic phenomena

Neil Lewis Pugach  1
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Case Reports

An unusual form of TAC-TAC sine autonomic phenomena

Neil Lewis Pugach. J Headache Pain. 2008 Oct.

Abstract

The trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias (TACs) are characterized by the cardinal combination of short-lasting unilateral pain and autonomic phenomena affecting the head, including cluster headache, paroxysmal hemicrania and SUNCT. Infrequently reported have been cases with dissociation of these two cardinal features- usually with autonomic phenomena without pain, rather than the reverse. Herein is described the case of a 56-year-old man presenting with an unusual form of TAC resembling chronic paroxysmal hemicrania but with a lower frequency of occurrence, with temporal features not typical of previously described TACs, and consisting of severe unilateral head pain without any autonomic symptoms or signs, absolutely responsive to indomethacin.

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