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. 2021 Sep 21;11(9):1252. doi: 10.3390/brainsci11091252

Table 2.

Lesions associated with SUNCT-like syndromes.

Posterior Fossa Pathologies Pituitary Pathology Cavernous Sinus/Orbits Other
Pilocytic astrocytoma
Cavernous hemangioma
Arteriovenous malformation
Basilar impression
Dorsal–lateral brainstem ischemic lesions
Skull malformation
HIV-related lesions
Congenital skull bone malformations (e.g., osteogenesis imperfecta)
Ischemic infarction
Cysts
Vascular malformations or venous angioma of the cerebellopontine junction
Brainstem angiocavernoma
Micro/macroadenomas (prolactinomas the most frequent) Neurofibromatosis type 2
Intracranial intraorbital metastasis
Extracranial intraorbital cystic tumors
Invasion of the cavernous sinus by macroprolactinomas
Vascular loops and trigeminal neurovascular conflict
Eye trauma
Leiomyosarcoma of the venous sinus