KMID : 1146520150160010081
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Journal of the Society of Stroke on Korean Medicine 2015 Volume.16 No. 1 p.81 ~ p.88
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A Case of Painful Ophthalmoplegia Patient Diagnosed as Tolosa-Hunt Syndrome
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Jeong Yun-Kyeong
Woo Ji-Myung Kang Ah-Reum Cho Ki-Ho Moon Sang-Kwan Jung Woo-Sang
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Abstract
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Objectives: The purpose of this clinical study is to evaluate the effect of Traditional Korean Medicine(KM) on a patient with Tolosa-Hunt syndrome.
Methods: We treated a 58 years old male patien t with Tolosa-Hunt syndrome who had several clinical symptoms such as ocular pain, limitaion of ocular movement and unilateral ptosis. We used herbal medication, acupuncture, electro-acupuncture(EA), cupping, moxibustion, bee-venom injection. Then we evaluated the improvement by Numerical Rating scale(NRS), Distance of eye opening and ratio of pupil movement.
Results: We demonstrated the decrease of pain score and improvement of equal ocular movement(EOM) and ptosis after the KM treatment.
Conclusion: This study proved the effect of KM treatment on Tolosa-Hunt syndrome. It could cooperative treatment would be more effective than mono treatment of western medicine.
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KEYWORD
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KM, Painful opthalmoplegia, Tolosa-Hunt syndrome
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