[Tolosa-Hunt syndrome (ophthalmoplegia dolorosa recurrens)]

On the basis of clinical manifestations and results of angiographic and phlebographic investigations the author discusses the symptoms of the Tolosa-Hunt syndrome. Angiographic findings, that is narrowing and uneven contour of vascular lumen in the internal carotid artery siphon as a result of infiltration of the arterial wall occur in early stage of the disease and are not observed in the patients in whom angiography is done after several weeks of the disease. The author stresses as a very characteristic feature of the syndrome rapid regression of symptoms, especially pain, after introduction of steroid therapy.