title: [Tolosa-Hunt syndrome].
abstract: Both men and women are affected by the rare disease called Tolosa-Hunt syndrome. We don't know exactly what causes it to evolve. It is usually put into the categories of either idiopathic inflammation or pseudotumor. Its pathological feature is a non-specific inflammatory process with fibroblastic, lymphocytic, plasmocytic infiltration, which can be found, for the most part, in the wall of the sinus cavernosus. Granulocytic and giant-cell infiltrations have been described too. The possibility of autoimmune disease has also come up. In our current study we describe the case of a female patient who recovered with the help of a steroid therapy. Through examining her, we also found immunological alterations, which should urge us to thoroughly examine the further observations of this kind.
authors.affiliation: Kaposi Mór Oktató Kórház, Neurológiai Osztály, Kaposvár. greenus_2@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Péterfi
authors.forename: Péter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zádori
authors.forename: Gábor
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Süto
authors.forename: Gyula
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Horváth
authors.forename: János
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kopa
mesh_terms: D002426:Cavernous Sinus / Q000473:pathology; D003287:Contrast Media; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004172:Diplopia / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008776:Methylprednisolone Hemisuccinate / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008875:Middle Aged; D018696:Neuroprotective Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D020333:Tolosa-Hunt Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media; D005938:Glucocorticoids; D018696:Neuroprotective Agents; D008776:Methylprednisolone Hemisuccinate