A singular case of cavernous internal carotid artery aneurysm in patient with cavernous sinus syndrome and bacterial meningitis

We report the uncommon case of an acute cavernous sinus syndrome in a patient who was consequently discovered to have both a cavernous internal carotid artery aneurysm and bacterial meningitis. Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Which of the two, the aneurysm or the meningitis, gave rise to t...

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Autores principales: Sacchetti, Federico, Stagni, Silvia, Spinardi, Luca, Raumer, Luigi, Dentale, Nicola, Cirillo, Luigi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4996927/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27594955
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2016.05.005
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author Sacchetti, Federico
Stagni, Silvia
Spinardi, Luca
Raumer, Luigi
Dentale, Nicola
Cirillo, Luigi
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description We report the uncommon case of an acute cavernous sinus syndrome in a patient who was consequently discovered to have both a cavernous internal carotid artery aneurysm and bacterial meningitis. Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Which of the two, the aneurysm or the meningitis, gave rise to the patient’s symptoms? We briefly reviewed the literature of similar cases and tried to analyze the possible pathophysiological relationship between these findings. Moreover, this case highlights the importance of a multidisciplinary management of these patients to better decide between a medical and a surgical and/or endovascular treatment.
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spelling pubmed-49969272016-09-02 A singular case of cavernous internal carotid artery aneurysm in patient with cavernous sinus syndrome and bacterial meningitis Sacchetti, Federico Stagni, Silvia Spinardi, Luca Raumer, Luigi Dentale, Nicola Cirillo, Luigi Radiol Case Rep Case Report We report the uncommon case of an acute cavernous sinus syndrome in a patient who was consequently discovered to have both a cavernous internal carotid artery aneurysm and bacterial meningitis. Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Which of the two, the aneurysm or the meningitis, gave rise to the patient’s symptoms? We briefly reviewed the literature of similar cases and tried to analyze the possible pathophysiological relationship between these findings. Moreover, this case highlights the importance of a multidisciplinary management of these patients to better decide between a medical and a surgical and/or endovascular treatment. Elsevier 2016-06-11 /pmc/articles/PMC4996927/ /pubmed/27594955 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2016.05.005 Text en © 2016 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
spellingShingle Case Report
Sacchetti, Federico
Stagni, Silvia
Spinardi, Luca
Raumer, Luigi
Dentale, Nicola
Cirillo, Luigi
A singular case of cavernous internal carotid artery aneurysm in patient with cavernous sinus syndrome and bacterial meningitis
title A singular case of cavernous internal carotid artery aneurysm in patient with cavernous sinus syndrome and bacterial meningitis
title_full A singular case of cavernous internal carotid artery aneurysm in patient with cavernous sinus syndrome and bacterial meningitis
title_fullStr A singular case of cavernous internal carotid artery aneurysm in patient with cavernous sinus syndrome and bacterial meningitis
title_full_unstemmed A singular case of cavernous internal carotid artery aneurysm in patient with cavernous sinus syndrome and bacterial meningitis
title_short A singular case of cavernous internal carotid artery aneurysm in patient with cavernous sinus syndrome and bacterial meningitis
title_sort singular case of cavernous internal carotid artery aneurysm in patient with cavernous sinus syndrome and bacterial meningitis
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4996927/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27594955
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2016.05.005
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