cavernous sinus syndrome
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Etiology
- brain tumors
- vascular pathology
- Tolosa-Hunt syndrome
Clinical manifestations
- periocular pain
- paresthesias
- facial paresthesias involving cranial nerve V2 associated with tumors
- diplopia
- cranial nerve involvement
- optic nerve involvement associated with brain tumors
- Tolosa-Hunt syndrome always painful
Laboratory
- CSF analysis useful only in unusual cases
Radiology
- MRI generally distingushes vascular pathology from brain tumors
- MRI negative in Tolosa-Hunt syndrome
Management
- Tolosa-Hunt syndrome responds to glucocorticoids
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References
- ↑ Fernandez S et al, Cavernous sinus syndrome: A series of 126 patients. Medicine (Baltimore) 2007, 86:278 PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17873757