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Septic Bilateral Cavernous Sinus Thrombosis With Persistent Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Bacteremia

Septic cavernous sinus thrombosis (CST) is an extremely rare diagnosis that is characterized by nonspecific signs and symptoms. It is often precipitated by a recent facial or sinus infection, as the venous supply from these areas drains into the cavernous sinus. This case highlights significant morb...

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Autores principales: Kotagiri, Rajesh, Saunders, Aaron T
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7357347/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32670691
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.8554
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description Septic cavernous sinus thrombosis (CST) is an extremely rare diagnosis that is characterized by nonspecific signs and symptoms. It is often precipitated by a recent facial or sinus infection, as the venous supply from these areas drains into the cavernous sinus. This case highlights significant morbidity and mortality in septic CST where all aggressive treatments did not lead to clinical improvement, and the precipitating cause of the thrombosis was never found. The patient reported herein decompensated despite several investigations and treatment measures due to the lack of proper evidence-based approach.
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spelling pubmed-73573472020-07-14 Septic Bilateral Cavernous Sinus Thrombosis With Persistent Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Bacteremia Kotagiri, Rajesh Saunders, Aaron T Cureus Medical Education Septic cavernous sinus thrombosis (CST) is an extremely rare diagnosis that is characterized by nonspecific signs and symptoms. It is often precipitated by a recent facial or sinus infection, as the venous supply from these areas drains into the cavernous sinus. This case highlights significant morbidity and mortality in septic CST where all aggressive treatments did not lead to clinical improvement, and the precipitating cause of the thrombosis was never found. The patient reported herein decompensated despite several investigations and treatment measures due to the lack of proper evidence-based approach. Cureus 2020-06-10 /pmc/articles/PMC7357347/ /pubmed/32670691 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.8554 Text en Copyright © 2020, Kotagiri 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.
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title Septic Bilateral Cavernous Sinus Thrombosis With Persistent Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Bacteremia
title_full Septic Bilateral Cavernous Sinus Thrombosis With Persistent Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Bacteremia
title_fullStr Septic Bilateral Cavernous Sinus Thrombosis With Persistent Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Bacteremia
title_full_unstemmed Septic Bilateral Cavernous Sinus Thrombosis With Persistent Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Bacteremia
title_short Septic Bilateral Cavernous Sinus Thrombosis With Persistent Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Bacteremia
title_sort septic bilateral cavernous sinus thrombosis with persistent methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus bacteremia
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7357347/
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