Painful Ophthalmoplegia (Tolosa-Hunt Variant): Autopsy Findings in a Patient With Necrotizing Intracavernous Carotid Vasculitis and Inflammatory Disease of the Orbit
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[Painful ophthalmoplegia (pseudotumor of the orbit and Tolosa-Hunt syndrome)].
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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عنوان ژورنال: Mayo Clinic Proceedings
سال: 1987
ISSN: 0025-6196
DOI: 10.1016/s0025-6196(12)65478-0