Clinical study of 16 patients with Tolosa-Hunt syndrome
HAN Xiaobo
YU Yingxin
LIU Yuhong
QI Xiaokun
ZHENG Kuihong
HOU Baoke
Abstract：Objective To analyze the clinical manifestation, imaging, and outcome of Tolosa-Hunt syndrome for an insight into this syndrome. Methods Sixteen cases of Tolosa-Hunt syndrome were diagnosed in our hospital from April 2006 to January 2014. Clinical manifestation, laboratory examination, neuroimaging findings, treatment and outcome were reviewed and summarized. Results Most patients developed disease in acute or subacute mode. The most frequent sign was unilateral or-bital pain and oculomotor paresis with prompt relief of symptoms to steroid treatment. Cranial-nerve palsy were recovered in the following one to three months. One patient with long duration remained ophthalmoplegia. Conclusion The main clinical manifestations of painful ophthalmoplegia is hea-dache, ophthalmoplegia and good responses to steroid treatment. The MR imaging findings of brain can provide accordance in diagnosing the disease. Since diagnosis and differential diagnosis are diffi-cult for the patients with normal MR imaging, MRI enhancement of brain is needed for accurate diagnosis.
Keywords：Tolosa-Hunt syndrome(THS)Clinical featuresImaging
Publication Date：2016-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 30-33 )