Tolusa-Hunt syndrome: resolution of a 12-year course after tonsillectomy.
The authors review the symptoms, physical findings, possible causes, and treatment of Tolusa-Hunt syndrome (THS). The authors present a patient with THS and tonsillitis. The symptoms, except for blindness, were alleviated after tonsillectomy. Anatomical relationships of the tonsils to the cavernous sinus are demonstrated and tonsillitis as a possible trigger mechanism of THS is suggested.
D000293:Adolescent; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009886:Ophthalmoplegia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D013577:Syndrome; D014068:Tonsillectomy; D014069:Tonsillitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery