A 54-year-old patient presented with two types of pain. The first was similar to trigeminal neuralgia and the second was similar to cluster headache. Clinical diagnosis was cluster-tic syndrome. Neuro-imaging studies disclosed an ectatic basilar artery. The significance of this finding is difficult to ascertain.
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