Clinicopathological correlation in a case of painful ophthalmoplegia: Tolosa-Hunt syndrome.
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Clinicopathological correlation in a case of painful ophthalmoplegia: Tolosa-Hunt syndrome.
A case of painful ophthalmoplegia due to idiopathic granulomatous involvement of the superior orbital fissure (Tolosa-Hunt syndrome) is described. The clinical features of recurrent pain, ocular motor nerve palsies and proptosis correlated well with the eventual demonstration of an enhancing mass in the region of the cavernous sinus. Removal of the lesion led to a resolution of the clinical pic...
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INTRODUCTION The Tolosa-Hunt Syndrome (THS) and the Pseudotumor of the Orbit (PTO) each have three common clinical hallmarks: unilateral periorbital pain, cranial nerve palsies and a fast response to corticosteroid therapy. CASE REPORT 48-year-old female with a right VI nerve paralysis, later develops a right III nerve paralysis. It is important to be able to differentiate between THS and PTO...
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BACKGROUND Tolosa-Hunt syndrome (THS) is an uncommon disease caused by non-specific inflammation of the cavernous sinus, superior orbital fissure and the apex of the orbit. The disease is characterized by periorbital pain, paresis of the bulbomotor and quick response to steroid treatment. The orbital process may lead to optic nerve atrophy. According to the International Headache Society Classi...
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The authors review the clinical signs, results of investigations and clinical course under treatment of the Tolosa-Hunt syndrome; they illustrate their case presentation with a complete sequence of the imaging and the clinical and radiological findings of a case which fits the classical description found in the literature. They insist on the term of syndrome rather than disease because of the o...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
سال: 1989
ISSN: 0022-3050
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.52.11.1290