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Atypical Cavernous Sinus Thrombosis: A Diagnosis Challenge and Dilemma
Cavernous sinus thrombosis (CST) is an ocular emergency because of its devastating effect and it is prone to cause serious complications. Diagnosis of cavernous sinus thrombosis is a challenging task despite medical advancement. Efforts to promptly diagnose and initiate treatment require a high inde...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6367117/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30761237 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3685 |
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author | Matthew, Tong Jong Haw Hussein, Adil |
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description | Cavernous sinus thrombosis (CST) is an ocular emergency because of its devastating effect and it is prone to cause serious complications. Diagnosis of cavernous sinus thrombosis is a challenging task despite medical advancement. Efforts to promptly diagnose and initiate treatment require a high index of suspicion and a deep understanding of the disease. Unfortunately, patients suffering from CST may not always present with typical symptoms, thus making diagnosis all the more challenging. We would like to describe a 22-year-old man who presented with atypical symptoms and radiological presentations of CST. The patient was admitted and treated in our institution with full recovery demonstrated after the treatment. |
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spelling | pubmed-63671172019-02-13 Atypical Cavernous Sinus Thrombosis: A Diagnosis Challenge and Dilemma Matthew, Tong Jong Haw Hussein, Adil Cureus Ophthalmology Cavernous sinus thrombosis (CST) is an ocular emergency because of its devastating effect and it is prone to cause serious complications. Diagnosis of cavernous sinus thrombosis is a challenging task despite medical advancement. Efforts to promptly diagnose and initiate treatment require a high index of suspicion and a deep understanding of the disease. Unfortunately, patients suffering from CST may not always present with typical symptoms, thus making diagnosis all the more challenging. We would like to describe a 22-year-old man who presented with atypical symptoms and radiological presentations of CST. The patient was admitted and treated in our institution with full recovery demonstrated after the treatment. Cureus 2018-12-04 /pmc/articles/PMC6367117/ /pubmed/30761237 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3685 Text en Copyright © 2018, Matthew et al. http://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. |
spellingShingle | Ophthalmology Matthew, Tong Jong Haw Hussein, Adil Atypical Cavernous Sinus Thrombosis: A Diagnosis Challenge and Dilemma |
title | Atypical Cavernous Sinus Thrombosis: A Diagnosis Challenge and Dilemma |
title_full | Atypical Cavernous Sinus Thrombosis: A Diagnosis Challenge and Dilemma |
title_fullStr | Atypical Cavernous Sinus Thrombosis: A Diagnosis Challenge and Dilemma |
title_full_unstemmed | Atypical Cavernous Sinus Thrombosis: A Diagnosis Challenge and Dilemma |
title_short | Atypical Cavernous Sinus Thrombosis: A Diagnosis Challenge and Dilemma |
title_sort | atypical cavernous sinus thrombosis: a diagnosis challenge and dilemma |
topic | Ophthalmology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6367117/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30761237 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3685 |
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