Ophthalmology · Ophthalmology / Strabismus and neuro-ophthalmology
Tolosa–Hunt syndrome
also: Painful ophthalmoplegia
Steroid-responsive granulomatous inflammation of the cavernous sinus.
- Specialty
- Ophthalmology
- Subspecialty
- Ophthalmology / Strabismus and neuro-ophthalmology
- Sex & age distribution
- Male: affected; Female: affected, equal; Children: rare
- Gene(s) involved
- None recorded
- Alternative names & eponyms
- Painful ophthalmoplegia
Etiology & mechanism
Idiopathic granulomatous inflammation in the cavernous sinus or superior orbital fissure.
Gene(s) involved (0)
No gene recorded for this syndrome.
Symptoms & signs (5)
In plain terms, someone with Tolosa–Hunt syndrome may experience the following — click any to explore related syndromes:
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Shares symptoms with
3 shared
Miller Fisher syndrome
diplopia, ophthalmoplegia, ptosis
2 shared
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ophthalmoplegia, ptosis
2 shared
Superior orbital fissure syndrome
ophthalmoplegia, ptosis
2 shared
Weber syndrome
diplopia, ptosis
1 shared
Blepharophimosis–ptosis–epicanthus inversus syndrome
ptosis
1 shared
Brainstem stroke syndrome
diplopia
1 shared
Brown syndrome
diplopia
1 shared
Char syndrome
ptosis
1 shared
Congenital myasthenic syndrome
ptosis
1 shared
Congenital myasthenic syndrome, acetylcholine receptor deficiency
ptosis
Shares genes with
None.
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