Open AccessTolosa-Hunt syndrome – A case of treatable headache
Author(s) -
Ananda Kesavan,
Suma Premanandan,
Abdul Basith
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
ip international journal of medical paediatrics and oncology/ip international journal of medical paediatrics and oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2581-4702
pISSN - 2581-4699
DOI - 10.18231/j.ijmpo.2021.033
Subject(s) - tolosa–hunt syndrome , medicine , etiology , magnetic resonance imaging , pediatrics , surgery , radiology , pathology
Tolosa-Hunt Syndrome is characterised by headache and ophthalmoplegia due to involvement of third, fourth, sixth cranial nerve. The exact aetiology is not known. MRI brain is diagnostic test of choice. Treatment is mainly using corticosteroids. Prognosis is good with rapid recovery from headache and opthalmoplegia. There are only few case reports Tolosa-Hunt Syndrome in children.