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

Supplementary Table 4.

Tolosa Hunt Syndrome case reports with associated idiopathic hypertrophic pachymeningitis

Author (year) Age/sex MRI Biopsy HP Additional deficits
Yu (2020)[75] 34/male Enhancement of CS, pituitary and its stalk, mild pressure effect on chiasma Radiologically suggestive of HP Hypopituitarism, DI
Madhavan et al. (2020)[76] 19/female Abnormal enhancement involving the left cavernous sinus, Meckel’s cave, V2, V3, SOF, and temporal dura Chronic lymphoplasmacytic inflammatory changes Biopsy proven HP Sequential B/L facial palsy
Cação et al. (2019)[77] 52/female Dural thickening of CS Radiologically suggestive of HP
Zečević Penić et al. (2017)[5] 47/male Enhancing lesion in CS, extending to trigeminal cave and OA, dural enhancement in CS and along clivus dura Radiologically suggestive of HP
Świątkowska-Stodulska et al. (2017)[7] 80/female Infiltrate involving B/L CS, SOF, and sella turcica. Mild segmental thickening of right ICA Radiologically suggestive of HP B/L THS
Takasuna et al. (2016)[10] 53/female MRI - enlarged bilateral CS, hypertrophied dura around sella Granulomatous inflammation Biopsy proven HP Bilateral THS with HP, anterior hypopituitarism
Sánchez Vallejo et al. (2014)[78] 36/male Enhancing soft tissue in CS extending to SOF and OA. Hyperenhanced thickened temporal dura, tentorium and orbital apex of affected side Radiologically suggestive HP
Kodera et al. (2013)[79] 59/male Enhancing lesion in CS Thickened dura with inflammatory infiltrate Biopsy proven HP B/L THS (sequential)
Slattery et al. (2013)[17] 17/female Enhancement of CS, Meckel’s cave and petrous apex of affected side Radiologically suggestive of HP
Beraldin et al. (2013)[80] 60/male Enhancing mass in CS-suspected tumor Nonspecific granulomatous inflammation Biopsy proven HP
Sugie et al. (2011)[81] 54/male Diffuse enhancement of bilateral CS with surrounding cranial base dural thickening Radiologically suggestive HP in poorly controlled DM B/L sequential THS
Wu et al. (2011)[82] 59/female Bilateral CS and sellar enhancement with extension to right SOF Radiologically suggestive HP
Kita et al. (2007)[83] 50/female Mass in CS with thickened sellar dura and swollen pituitary Thickened dura with inflammatory infiltration Biopsy-proven HP DI
Kambe et al. (2006)[31] 58/female Enhancement of pituitary (enlarged) and bilateral CS R>L Granulomatous inflammation Biopsy-proven HP B/L sequential THS
McKinney et al. (2006)[84] 50/male Prominence of CS of affected side, leptomeningeal CN enhancement (II, V1-V3, and X), orbital and infraorbital masses, diffuse dural enhancement Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor Biopsy proven HP CN X
Muthukumar et al. (2005)[32] 60/female Enhancement of t temporal dura of the base with extension to CS of affected side Fibrocollagenous tissue with inflammatory infiltrate Biopsy proven HP
del Toro et al. (2001)[40] 10/male Enlarged CS with enhancement (with inferior extension of dural enhancement) Radiologically suggestive of HP
Mormont et al. (2000)[41] 32/female Enhancing mass lesion in CS extending to foramen ovale, Gasserian ganglion, tentorial notch and OA Radiologically suggestive of HP
Sumida et al. (2000)[42] 48/female Enhanced mass extending from left CS to sellar floor dura, contralateral CS, and cerebellar tentorium Thickened dura with abundant collagen fibers with hyalinization Biopsy proven HP
Bosch et al. (2000)[85] 62/male Extra-parenchymatous infiltrating lesion in MCF HP Biopsy proven HP CN VII, VIII
Tessitore and Tessitore (2000)[59] 54/female No evidence of enhancing tissue in CS, only compression of cavernous ICA Radiologically suggestive of HP CN VII
Hatano et al. (1999)[86] 56/male Linear enhancement of CS dura Radiologically suggestive HP
69/female Nodular enhancement of CS and sella Nonspecific inflammation with lymphocytes, plasma cells and histiocytes Biopsy proven HP Sequential B/L THS
Takahashi et al. (1996)[61] 46/female Enhancement of B/L enlarged CS, pituitary, along cerebral convexity Radiologically suggestive HP
Hama et al. (1996)[45] 54/female Nonhomogeneous enhancement of CS extending to intrasellar region along edge of cerebellar tentorium Radiologically suggestive HP Hypopituitarism
Drevelengas et al. (1993)[48] 60/male Enlargement and enhancement of CS, and hypophysis, thickening of infundibulum, obstruction of ICA. Absent normal high intensity in posterior pituitary lobe Chronic inflammation in the hypophysis, mucosa of the sphenoid sinus, and dura mater Biopsy proven HP Hypopituitarism and DI
Okubo K,et al.,1992[87] 49/male Enhancing mass in sphenoid sinus and CS, causing ICA stenosis
CT-demineralisation of sellar floor and left anterior clinoid process
Radiologically suggestive of HP
37/male Enhanced left cavernous sinus and adjacent thickened duramater in the middle cranial fossa Radiologically suggestive HP CN VII and VIII (vestibular)

CS: Cavernous sinus, HP: Hypertrophic pachymeningitis, SOF: Superior orbital fissure, OA: Orbital apex, ICA: Internal carotid artery (cavernous), THS: Tolosa Hunt Syndrome, MRI: Magnetic resonance imaging, DI: Diabetes insipidus, CN: Cranial nerves, B/L: Bilateral, MCF: Middle cranial fossa