Secondary hemicrania continua-tic syndrome associated with fungal sphenoiditis: A case report

Chunyu Wang; Xiaoyan Zhang; Yanli Yang; Dongjun Wan

doi:10.1002/ccr3.4297

Secondary hemicrania continua-tic syndrome associated with fungal sphenoiditis: A case report

Clin Case Rep. 2021 May 19;9(5):e04297. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.4297. eCollection 2021 May.

Authors

Chunyu Wang^{1

2}, Xiaoyan Zhang¹, Yanli Yang³, Dongjun Wan¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurology The 940th Hospital of Chinese PLA Lanzhou China.
² Department of Endocrine The 940th Hospital of Chinese PLA Lanzhou China.
³ Department of Pathology The 940th Hospital of Chinese PLA Lanzhou China.

Abstract

The coexistence of hemicrania-continua and trigeminal neuralgia is called HC-tic syndrome. We describe a case of an elderly man who suffered both types of headache related to fungal sphenoiditis. This is the first case to be reported, to the best of our knowledge.

Keywords: fungal sphenoiditis; hemicrania continua; hemicrania continua‐tic syndrome; trigeminal neuralgia.

Publication types

Case Reports