A covid-19 Patient with Cavernous Sinus Thrombosis Post Dental Extraction a Diagnostic Dilemma

Prior to the antibiotics era, the mortality rate from cavernous sinus thrombosis (CST) was very high reaching 100%. There have been very few reports of CST associated with tooth extraction on the same time Coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) is known to increase the risk of developing venous thro...

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Autores principales: aljanabi, Kasim S. kasim, almaqbali, Talib, alkilidar, Ahmed asaad Hassan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer India 2021
Materias:
Clinical Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7908007/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33654682
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12070-021-02460-9
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Sumario:Prior to the antibiotics era, the mortality rate from cavernous sinus thrombosis (CST) was very high reaching 100%. There have been very few reports of CST associated with tooth extraction on the same time Coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) is known to increase the risk of developing venous thromboembolism; therefore, patients with COVID-19 may present with cerebral venous sinus thrombosis. We present a case with diagnostic dilemma and first to be reported in the literature.

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