Tolosa-Hunt syndrome /tō·lō′sä·hunt/ [Eduardo S. Tolosa, Spanish neurosurgeon, 1900-1981; William Edward Hunt, American neurosurgeon, 1921-1999] , unilateral ophthalmoplegia associated with pain behind the orbit and in the area supplied by the first division of the trigeminal nerve; it is thought to result from nonspecific inflammation and granulation tissue in the superior orbital fissure or cavernous sinus. Compare cavernous sinus syndrome.
