Total remission of Tolosa-Hunt Syndrome with single-dose of infliximab

Successful Treatment of Tolosa-Hunt Syndrome after a Single Infusion of Infliximab

Dear Editor, We describe a 25-year-old man who presented with a 6-month history of persistent, daily, severe, retro-orbital and left-sided hemicranial headache that was associated with persistent numbness of the left forehead and decreased pinprick sensation over that region. He exhibited partial left-third nerve palsy expressed as partial ptosis of the left eye, weakness of the left inferior o...

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...

MR imaging of Tolosa-Hunt syndrome.

The Tolosa-Hunt syndrome consists of painful ophthalmoplegia caused by cavernous sinus inflammation, which is responsive to steroid therapy. The MR features of 11 patients with the clinical diagnosis of Tolosa-Hunt syndrome were studied. Two patients had normal MR studies of the orbit and cavernous sinuses. In nine patients, abnormal signal and/or mass lesions were seen in the cavernous sinuses...