title: [Painful ophthalmoplegia and cavernous sinus syndrome of inflammatory origin (discussion of 2 cases)].
abstract: Two patients with unilateral painful ophthalmoplegia are presented, a woman of 26 and a man of 28. In both cases the phlebography of the orbit shows an alteration of the orbital veinous blood flow, specially of the third segment of the superior orbital vein. Another characteristic feature of this syndrom is efficiency of corticotherapy and heparinotherapy, which may suggest an inflammatory and thrombophlebitic origin.
mesh_terms: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000328:Adult; D002426:Cavernous Sinus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009886:Ophthalmoplegia / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D009915:Orbit / Q000098:blood supply; D010146:Pain; D010690:Phlebography; D012851:Sinus Thrombosis, Intracranial / Q000150:complications*; D012886:Skull / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
chemical_list: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones
vernacular_title: Ophtalmoplegie douloureuse et syndrome du sinus caverneux d'origine inflammatoire. (discussion de 2 observations).