Cavernous sinus thrombosis due to ipsilateral sphenoid sinusitis

We report a case of septic thrombosis of the right cavernous sinus in a diabetic woman in her late 70’s due to ipsilateral sphenoid sinusitis. The diagnosis was delayed and made only after the abrupt and dramatic appearance of the manifestations of sinus thrombosis. The patient developed, among the...

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Published in:BMJ Case Rep
Main Authors: Dolapsakis, Christodoulos, Kranidioti, Eleftheria, Katsila, Sofia, Samarkos, Michael
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2019
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Reminder of Important Clinical Lesson
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6352844/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30700458
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2018-227302
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