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Table 1 ICHD-3 beta diagnostic criteria for 13.7 Tolosa-Hunt syndrome

From: The clinical features and outcomes of Tolosa-Hunt syndrome

A.

Unilateral headache fulfilling criterion C

B.

Both of the following:

1. Granulation inflammation of the cavernous sinus, superior orbital fissure or orbit, demonstrated by MRI or biopsy

2. Paresis of one or more of the ipsilateral third, fourth and/or sixth cranial nerves

C.

Evidence of causation demonstrated by both of the following:

1. Headache has preceded paresis of the third, fourth and/or sixth cranial nerves by ≤ 2weeks, or developed with it

2. Headache is localized around the ipsilateral brow and eye

D.

Not better accounted for by another ICHD-3 diagnosis.

  1. ICHD 3 beta = International Classification of Headache Disorders, third edition
  2. MRI = magnetic resonance imaging