Abstract

ESTRADA AMADOR, Bárbara; BASABE GUERRA, Ramón  and  GONZALEZ DELGADO, Rosa Idalmis. Tolosa-Hunt syndrome. Rev.Med.Electrón. [online]. 2018, vol.40, n.4, pp.1149-1154. ISSN 1684-1824.

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.

Keywords : painful ophtalmoplegia; Tolosa-Hunt syndrome.

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