Tolosa-Hunt syndrome

Authors

  • Bárbara Estrada Amador Instituto Cubano de Oftalmología Ramón Pando Ferrer. La Habana.
  • Ramón Basabe Guerra Instituto Cubano de Oftalmología Ramón Pando Ferrer. La Habana.
  • Rosa Idalmis González Delgado Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Matanzas. Matanzas.

Keywords:

painful ophtalmoplegia, Tolosa-Hunt syndrome.

Abstract

The Tolosa-Hunt syndrome is a few frequent entity whose etiopathogeny and physio-pathological mechanisms are still controversial. The headache associated to the paralysis of one or more cranial paired nerves, and also diplopia, strabismus, and palpebral ptosis   cause a great fear in patients suffering it. Its diagnosis is by exclusion. With the objective of describing and up-dating the knowledge on this disease, it is presented the history of a patient who assisted the consultation because of remarked headache and retro-ocular pain. The clinical findings and magnetic resonance confirm the diagnosis of Tolosa-Hunt syndrome.

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Published

2018-07-18

How to Cite

1.
Estrada Amador B, Basabe Guerra R, González Delgado RI. Tolosa-Hunt syndrome. Rev Méd Electrón [Internet]. 2018 Jul. 18 [cited 2025 Jan. 23];40(4):1172-8. Available from: https://revmedicaelectronica.sld.cu/index.php/rme/article/view/1798

Issue

Vol. 40 No. 4 (2018)

Section

Presentation of cases

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