Title of article :
Tolosa-Hunt-Like Syndrome: A Case Report
Author/Authors :
Farahani, Farhad Department of Otolaryngology - Hearing Disorders Research Center of Beasat Hospital - Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan , Shariatpanahi, Elnaz Department of Otolaryngology - Hearing Disorders Research Center of Beasat Hospital - Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan , Sadegh, Sonia Department of Otolaryngology - Hearing Disorders Research Center of Beasat Hospital - Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan
Abstract :
Tolosa-Hunt syndrome (THS) is a painful ophthalmoplegia associated with
granulomatous inflammation of the cavernous carotid artery and surrounding tissues
which responds to corticosteroid. Other causes of painful ophthalmoplegia must be
ruled out. We present a case of THS in which the course of the disease suggested this
idiopathic condition which occurred after wide mastoidectomy. The patient was
diabetic and had a huge pituitary gland adenoma. Partial petrosectomy, laboratory
tests, and imaging studies were normal. We named this condition ‘Tolosa-Hunt-Like
Syndrome’.
Keywords :
Cavernous sinus , Ophthalmoplegia , Pituitary adenoma , Tolosa-Hunt syndrome
Journal title :
Journal of Advances in Medical and Biomedical Research
