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ArticleBMJ case reports2022

Tolosa-Hunt syndrome presenting with features of a trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias and pituitary enlargement.

Nicholas Keyi Sim, Sze Yii Liew, Daniel J Warren, Ahamad Hassan

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Nicholas Keyi SimNeurology, Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust, Halifax, UK nicholas.sim1@nhs.net.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3933-0467
Sze Yii LiewSchool of Medicine, University of Leeds School of Medicine, Leeds, UK.
Daniel J WarrenNeuroradiology, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK.
Ahamad HassanNeurology, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK.
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust · GBCalderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust · GBUniversity of Leeds · GB

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tolosa-Hunt syndrome is understood as a steroid-responsive, relapsing-remitting, unilateral headache disorder associated with ipsilateral cranial neuropathies, of a probable granulomatous aetiology. The diagnosis is made clinically from the history and examination, supported by appropriate imaging. Here the authors report a case of Tolosa-Hunt syndrome with a headache phenotype mimicking a trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias (hemicrania continua), and serial MRI studies showing a stable enlarged pituitary. Due to her initial lack of clinical signs, she was diagnosed with chronic migraine, revised to hemicrania continua based on indomethacin response, then revised back to chronic migraine. Her final diagnosis was achieved after she developed a left cavernous sinus syndrome 4 years into her disease course. This case shows that Tolosa-Hunt syndrome may present with a non-side-locked headache and delayed development of clinical signs. Clinicians should also maintain a high degree of suspicion when faced with incidental MRI findings.

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Cavernous SinusPituitary DiseasesTolosa-Hunt SyndromeTrigeminal Autonomic CephalalgiasFemaleHeadacheHumanscranial nervesheadache (including migraines)neuroimagingpain (neurology)pituitary disorders

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PMID35232735
PMCPMC8889159
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