[Cavernous sinus lymphoma mimicking Tolosa-Hunt syndrome].
BACKGROUND
Tolosa-Hunt syndrome is characterized by painful ophthalmoplegia due to idiopathic granulomatous inflammation of the cavernous sinus. Steroid therapy dramatically reverses the symptoms and clinical signs. Because they also may respond to steroids, tumors such as lymphoma and meningioma and orbital tumors can make differential diagnosis difficult.


METHODS
We report the case of a 78-year-old male patient in whom systemic lymphoma associated with inflammation of the cavernous sinus was uncovered by painful, gradually progressing, ophthalmoplegia mimicking Tolosa-Hunt syndrome.


CONCLUSIONS
When faced with a clinical picture suggestive of the existence of Tolosa-Hunt syndrome clinical workup is mandatory and should lead to diagnosis of exclusion.
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Service de neurologie, centre hospitalier, Belfort, France.
Rahmeh
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Ziegler
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D000368:Aged; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D001856:Bone Marrow Examination; D002426:Cavernous Sinus; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004172:Diplopia / Q000209:etiology; D018450:Disease Progression; D013700:Giant Cell Arteritis / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation; D015451:Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D013256:Steroids; D020333:Tolosa-Hunt Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis*
D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D013256:Steroids