An Infant With Paroxysms of Screaming and Unilateral Lacrimation and Rhinorrhea

Abstract

We describe the case of a 5-month-old girl who presented to the emergency department with left-sided periorbital edema and erythema. During the assessment, she was observed to suffer repeated hyper-acute episodes of screaming associated with left-sided hemifacial flushing, lacrimation and rhinorrhea. This child was diagnosed with probable short-lasting unilateral neuralgiform headache attacks with conjunctival injection and tearing (SUNCT), one of the trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias. We believe that this is the youngest probable case of SUNCT for which there is photographic and video evidence.

Int J Clin Pediatr. 2021;10(2-3):49-52
doi: https://doi.org/10.14740/ijcp433