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He presented with right facial numbness and burning pain lasting about a minute, occurring over four times daily, triggered by touch. Examination revealed dacryorrhoea, rhinorrhoea and ipsilateral facial oedema. Brain MRI confirmed subacute medullary infarction, establishing secondary SUNCT. Subsequently, he developed intermittent electrical pain in the right posterior head, neck, shoulder and arm, diagnosed as occipital neuralgia, which responded to gabapentin. 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