TOLOSA - HUNT SYNDROME MIMICKING AS ORBITAL COMPLICATION OF SINUSITIS

Bilateral Tolosa-Hunt syndrome mimicking pituitary adenoma

The authors report a rare case of bilateral Tolosa-Hunt syndrome, which occurred in a 80-year-old female and remitted spontaneously. Inflammatory lesions were found not only in typical locations, i.e. superior orbital fissures and cavernous sinuses, but also in the pituitary; these imitated gland's macroadenoma in imaging studies.

Tolosa-Hunt syndrome mimicking cavernous sinus tumor.

1 Second-year Resident Physician at the Felippu Institute of Otorhinolaryngology. 2 MD, ENT, Head Physician at the Felippu Institute of Otorhinolaryngology. 3 MD, ENT, Preceptor at the Felippu Institute of Otorhinolaryngology. Felippu Institute of Otorhinolaryngology. Send correspondence to: Bernard Soccol Beraldin. Rua Stela Marina, no 46. Brooklin Novo. São Paulo SP. Brazil. CEP: 04601-090. T...

The Tolosa-Hunt syndrome.

Painful ophthalmoplegia due to idiopathic granulomatous inflammation of the cavernous sinus/superior orbital fissure has been termed Tolosa-Hunt syndrome (THS). This report is based upon 146 patients with this syndrome published in the English literature. The clinical profile, natural history, diagnostic evaluation, pathologic findings, differential diagnosis, and therapy of THS are presented. ...

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Tolosa-Hunt Syndrome - Case Report.

This case report presents a patient diagnosed with Tolosa-Hunt syndrome (THS) after an extensive neuro-diagnostic and neuroimaging evaluation. Diagnostic work-up included thorough physical and neurological examination, complete laboratory serum assessments, neuroendocrine and immunohistochemistry analysis, cerebrospinal fluid analysis, neurophysiology assessment, ophthalmologist examination and...