[Clinical variants of the Tolosa-Hunt syndrome]

On the basis of examination of 25 cases of Tolosa-Hunt syndrome, the author has identified 3 variants of the pathology: classic, with the predominant damage to the oculomotor and to the abducent nerve. It has been shown that immunological assays, CSF examination and carotid angiography are essential for the diagnosis of the syndrome. A differential-diagnostic table is presented. Employment of steroids in the acute period of the disease has yielded good results.