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Tolosa-Hunt Syndrome (tolosa-hunt + syndrome)

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Selected Abstracts

Progression of Tolosa-Hunt Syndrome to a Cavernous Dural Arteriovenous Fistula: A Case Report

HEADACHE, Issue 2 2003
Hidenori Sugano MD
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Cerebral and Oculorhinal Manifestations of a Limited Form of Wegener's Granulomatosis With c-ANCA,Associated Vasculitis

JOURNAL OF NEUROIMAGING, Issue 1 2001
Peterus Thajeb MD
ABSTRACT The authors report on cerebral and oculorhinal manifestations in a patient with a cytoplasmic pattern of antineutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibody (c-ANCA),associated vasculitis. Recurrent Tolosa-Hunt syndrome, cavernous sinus syndrome, Raeder's paratrigeminal neuralgia, and seizures were the major clinical manifestations. Brain MRI showed localized enhancing lesions initially in the cavernous sinus and later in the convexity pachymeninges. The lesions disappeared following 9 months of oral prednisolone (15 mg/day) and cyclophosphamide (100 mg/day) therapy. The presence of c-ANCA, demonstration of vasculitis, and depositions of immunoglobulin G (IgG) and fibrinogen in the vessel walls of pachymeninges of the patient confirmed an immune-mediated cause of the vasculitis. Cranial pathology without renal and pulmonary involvement suggests a variant of Wegener's granulomatosis, which is called the "limited" form of Wegener's granulomatosis. [source]

Paediatric Tolosa-Hunt syndrome

JOURNAL OF PAEDIATRICS AND CHILD HEALTH, Issue 7 2004
MC Yeung
Abstract: Tolosa-Hunt syndrome is characterized by a dull, persistent pain around the affected eye, ophthalmoplegia and, sometimes, involvement of other cranial nerves passing through the cavernous sinus. Corticosteroid administration is valuable in the treatment and frequently has a dramatic effect. We report a boy with Tolosa-Hunt syndrome who fails to respond to the initial steroid treatment. The role of the MRI in the management of this condition is discussed. [source]