Painful Ophthalmoplegia (Tolosa-Hunt Variant): Autopsy Findings in a Patient With Necrotizing Intracavernous Carotid Vasculitis and Inflammatory Disease of the Orbit
Abstract
A 79-year-old man with unremitting painful ophthalmoplegia had a necrotizing inflammatory process that involved the intracranial and intracavernous portions of the right internal carotid artery. The condition ultimately resulted in rupture of the carotid vessel and death. At autopsy, thrombophlebitis of the sphenopalatine sinus was also noted. To our knowledge, this is the second reported autopsy study of painful ophthalmoplegia and chronic...
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Title
Painful Ophthalmoplegia (Tolosa-Hunt Variant): Autopsy Findings in a Patient With Necrotizing Intracavernous Carotid Vasculitis and Inflammatory Disease of the Orbit
Published Date
Jun 1, 1987
Journal
Volume
62
Issue
6
Pages
520 - 526
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