Tolosa-Hunt syndrome preceded by facial palsy

Headache

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 393-396

  Tessitore, Enrico ^a,b   Tessitore, Alessandro ^a,b  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b CTO Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cavernous sinus; Corticosteroid treatment; Headache; Magnetic resonance imaging; Ophthalmoplegia; Tolosa Hunt syndrome

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; CORTICOSTEROID; GADOLINIUM; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNDROME DELINEATION; TOLOSA HUNT SYNDROME;

ADULT; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISOLONE; TOLOSA-HUNT SYNDROME;

EID: 0034114246     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-4610.2000.00060.x     Document Type: Article

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