Frontiers in Neurology (Feb 2024)

Case report: Tolosa-Hunt syndrome—expanding the neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder phenotype?

  • Soo-Hyun Park,
  • Soo-Im Jang,
  • Eun-Ja Lee,
  • Nam-Hee Kim

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2024.1326867
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 15

Abstract

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Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) is an autoimmune astrocytopathy caused by the autoantibody of aquaporin-4 (AQP4). Herein, we report a case of Tolosa-Hunt syndrome presenting with abducens palsy and AQP4 antibodies. This was a rare case of AQP4-immunoglobulin G seropositivity in a patient with Tolosa-Hunt syndrome. Our findings may expand the clinical phenotype of NMOSD and indicate that clinicians should consider testing for AQP4 antibodies in patients with Tolosa-Hunt syndrome.

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