Acute Bacterial Sinusitis With Epidural and Subdural Involvement

Sinusitis is a common childhood infection with potential for rare intracranial complications. These neurologic sequelae can lead to serious morbidity and mortality if not addressed promptly. We describe a case of suspected sinusitis in a 13-year-old male complicated by a superior sagittal sinus thro...

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Autores principales: Arcalas, Chelsea-Jane E, Reich, Daniel A, Blair, Samari A, Paradise Black, Nicole M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Otolaryngology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10008776/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36923169
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.34849
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author Arcalas, Chelsea-Jane E
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description Sinusitis is a common childhood infection with potential for rare intracranial complications. These neurologic sequelae can lead to serious morbidity and mortality if not addressed promptly. We describe a case of suspected sinusitis in a 13-year-old male complicated by a superior sagittal sinus thrombosis along with subdural and epidural empyemas.
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spelling pubmed-100087762023-03-14 Acute Bacterial Sinusitis With Epidural and Subdural Involvement Arcalas, Chelsea-Jane E Reich, Daniel A Blair, Samari A Paradise Black, Nicole M Cureus Otolaryngology Sinusitis is a common childhood infection with potential for rare intracranial complications. These neurologic sequelae can lead to serious morbidity and mortality if not addressed promptly. We describe a case of suspected sinusitis in a 13-year-old male complicated by a superior sagittal sinus thrombosis along with subdural and epidural empyemas. Cureus 2023-02-10 /pmc/articles/PMC10008776/ /pubmed/36923169 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.34849 Text en Copyright © 2023, Arcalas et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Acute Bacterial Sinusitis With Epidural and Subdural Involvement
title Acute Bacterial Sinusitis With Epidural and Subdural Involvement
title_full Acute Bacterial Sinusitis With Epidural and Subdural Involvement
title_fullStr Acute Bacterial Sinusitis With Epidural and Subdural Involvement
title_full_unstemmed Acute Bacterial Sinusitis With Epidural and Subdural Involvement
title_short Acute Bacterial Sinusitis With Epidural and Subdural Involvement
title_sort acute bacterial sinusitis with epidural and subdural involvement
topic Otolaryngology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10008776/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36923169
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.34849
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