Tolosa-Hunt Syndrome With Facial Nerve Palsy.
- Author:
Seung Hwan YOON
1
;
Sun Young KIM
;
Hyo Eun LEE
;
Yeon Kyung JUNG
;
Jong Yun LEE
;
Im Seok KOH
;
Phil Za CHO
Author Information
1. Department of Neurology, National Medical Center, Seoul, Korea. yekyjung@hanmail.net
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Tolosa-Hunt syndrome;
Facial nerve palsy;
Ophthalmoplegia
- MeSH:
Adolescent;
Cavernous Sinus;
Facial Nerve;
Gadolinium;
Humans;
Inflammation;
Ophthalmoplegia;
Paralysis;
Tolosa-Hunt Syndrome
- From:Journal of the Korean Neurological Association
2008;26(3):286-289
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Tolosa-Hunt syndrome is a painful ophthalmoplegia due to nonspecific granulomatous inflammation in the cavernous sinus. A 16-year-old man developed Tolosa-Hunt syndrome accompanied by facial nerve palsy. MRI showed an inflammatory lesion in the cavernous sinus with gadolinium enhancement. This rare presentation suggests that Tolosa-Hunt syndrome is a localized form of idiopathic hypertrophic pachymeningitis.
