title: [MRI diagnosis of painful ophthalmoplegia syndrome].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study MRI appearances of painful ophthalmoplegia syndrome and provide image basis for clinical diagnosis of painful ophthalmoplegia syndrome.
  
  
  METHODS
  Seventeen cases with painful ophthalmoplegia syndrome diagnosed clinically were collected. MRI ordinary scan and gadolinium-diethylene triamine pentaacetic acid (Gd-DTPA) contrast fatty-restraint scan were performed on the orbit and cavernous sinus.
  
  
  RESULTS
  MRI appearances of painful ophthalmoplegia syndrome included patch or small nodule abnormal signal at the region of fissura orbitalis superior. The ipsilateral cavernous sinus was enlarged. The local lobus temporalis meninges close to the fissura orbitalis superior and cavernous sinus were invaded. MRI contrast fatty-restraint scan might clearly show the pathological changes.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  MRI may provide image basis for the clinical diagnosis of painful ophthalmoplegia syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Imaging Department, Henan Province People Hospital, Zhengzhou 450003, China.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dou
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002426:Cavernous Sinus / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009886:Ophthalmoplegia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009916:Orbital Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D013577:Syndrome