1/1. The tolosa-hunt syndrome: report of two cases.The tolosa-hunt syndrome consists of intermittent painful ophthalmoplegia resulting from a non-specific inflammatory process in the cavernous sinus and superior orbital fissure, which responds to steroid therapy. We report two additional cases to the literature of the tolosa-hunt syndrome and we are interested in pointing out the importance of orbital venography in the diagnosis of this syndrome. Orbital venography demonstrates the partial occupation of the cavernous sinus and the lack of visualization of the 3rd segment of the superior ophthalmic vein.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = tolosa-hunt syndrome, tolosa-hunt (Clic here for more details about this article) |