Cavernous Sinus Thrombosis due to Chronic Bacterial Sinusitis

The cavernous sinus is the most frequent dural sinus to become infected and thrombosed. Septic cavernous sinus thrombosis has become rare since the advent of antibiotics. We herein present a case of septic cavernous sinus thrombosis caused by chronic bacterial sinusitis.

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Autores principales: Afridi, Summia Matin, Noe, Myint, Raja, Ahmad, Jain, Akriti G
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2019
Materias:
Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6650178/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31355072
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.4712
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spelling pubmed-66501782019-07-28 Cavernous Sinus Thrombosis due to Chronic Bacterial Sinusitis Afridi, Summia Matin Noe, Myint Raja, Ahmad Jain, Akriti G Cureus Internal Medicine The cavernous sinus is the most frequent dural sinus to become infected and thrombosed. Septic cavernous sinus thrombosis has become rare since the advent of antibiotics. We herein present a case of septic cavernous sinus thrombosis caused by chronic bacterial sinusitis. Cureus 2019-05-21 /pmc/articles/PMC6650178/ /pubmed/31355072 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.4712 Text en Copyright © 2019, Afridi 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 Internal Medicine
Afridi, Summia Matin
Noe, Myint
Raja, Ahmad
Jain, Akriti G
Cavernous Sinus Thrombosis due to Chronic Bacterial Sinusitis
title Cavernous Sinus Thrombosis due to Chronic Bacterial Sinusitis
title_full Cavernous Sinus Thrombosis due to Chronic Bacterial Sinusitis
title_fullStr Cavernous Sinus Thrombosis due to Chronic Bacterial Sinusitis
title_full_unstemmed Cavernous Sinus Thrombosis due to Chronic Bacterial Sinusitis
title_short Cavernous Sinus Thrombosis due to Chronic Bacterial Sinusitis
title_sort cavernous sinus thrombosis due to chronic bacterial sinusitis
topic Internal Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6650178/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31355072
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.4712
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