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. 2021 Jul 5;33(2):104–111. doi: 10.4103/joco.joco_134_20

Supplementary Table 3.

Enign Tolosa Hunt Syndrome (fulfilling International Classification of Headache Disorders 2 criteria) case reports with cavernous internal carotid artery caliber assessment

Author (year) Age/sex Vascular imaging Response to steroid Pain localization
Li et al. (2020)[63] 63/male MRA - normal Complete resolution Retro-orbital
İlgen Uslu and Özkan (2015)[64] 45/female MRA - normal Complete resolution Retro-orbital + periorbital
Abdelghany et al. (2015)[65] 60/female MRA - normal Query extent of clinical resolution Retro-orbital + periorbital + headache
Tsuda et al. (2012)[66] 67/female MRA - normal Complete resolution Periorbital
Itokawa et al. (2010)[67] 71/female Cerebral angiography - dural AV fistula in CS (barrow Class D) Partial clinical resolution with steroids, complete after transvenous cavernous coiling Orbital + facial
Paci et al. (2010)[68] 76/female MRA - normal Complete resolution Retro-orbital
O‘ Connor and Hutchinson (2009)[69] 39/female MRA - normal Steroid resistant, complete resolution after infliximab Orbital + frontal pain + numbness
Mendez et al. (2009)[70] 19/female MRA - normal Complete resolution Periorbital
Sugano et al. (2003)[71] 58/female MRA - abnormal signal around ICA
Follow up cerebral angiography at 4 months Class D CCF (Barrow’s classification)
Partial clinical resolution with steroids, complete resolution after transvenous cavernous coiling Painful ophthalmoplegia
Ozawa et al. (2001)[72] 47/female MRA - narrowing of ICA, clinoid, and ophthalmic artery. Incidental right MCA aneurysms-clipped Complete resolution Periorbital
Foerderreuther et al. (1997)[73] 31/male MRA - no evidence of ICA narrowing Complete clinical resolution, recurrence of headache Bioccipital, bifrontal, retro-orbital
Wu et al. (1995)[74] 71/male Angiography - irregularity in carotid siphon Complete clinical resolution radiological not known Hemicranial

AV: Arterio-venous, CS: Cavernous sinus, ICA: Internal carotid artery (cavernous), CCF: Carotid cavernous fistula, MRA: Magnetic resonance angiography, MCA: Middle cerebral artery