Erratum to: Both trigeminal autonomic cephalalgia and trigeminal neuralgia in a child

Abstract

Reports an error in "Both trigeminal autonomic cephalalgia and trigeminal neuralgia in a child" by Rossi Valeria, Nociti Viviana, Palermo Concetta, Della Marca Giacomo and Paolo Mariotti (Neurological Sciences, 2013[Nov], Vol 34[11], 2041-2042). In the original publication, the given and family names of all the authors, except the last author, have been erroneously swapped. The correct names in the author group should read as: Valeria Rossi, Viviana Nociti, Concetta Palermo, Giacomo Della Marca, and Paolo Mariotti. (The following abstract of the original article appeared in record 2014-00366-005). Presents a case report of a 9-year-old child with Norrie disease, became agitated and complained of facial pain. Those attacks persisted for approximately half an hour, had a frequency of 2-3 per day and were refractory to NSAIDs. A few days before the beginning of attacks, the patient presented purulent rhinorrhea. Two types of attack were observed: single stabs and another one lasting about 30 min. Some of the pain accesses were self-controlled by the patient by massaging the painful area. He had two to three attacks every day, with alternate prevalence of side: pain was accompanied by ipsilateral conjunctival injection, rhinorrhea, eyelid oedema and sweating. The patient was treated with various drugs, but only the association of gabapentin and lamotrigine modified the type of painful attacks. Reduction of therapy caused the reappearance of attacks so, at the moment, the child continues this therapy showing sporadic episodes of pain. The headache of this child fulfils the diagnostic criteria for chronic short-lasting unilateral neuralgiform headache attacks with cranial autonomic symptoms (SUNA). The attacks occurred for more than 1 year without remission except for 3 or 4 days free of pain. After therapy with gabapentin and lamotrigine, the pain affected V2 more clearly and the pain appeared as a classical trigeminal neuralgia. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)