[Tonsillar cavernosusthrombosis and sepsis after brain-commotion. A question of consequence (author's transl)].
A 12-year-old boy acquired two days after an accident with a light brain-commotion an acute tonsillitis, followed by a leftside peritonsillitis, infection of the spatium parapharyngeum, ascending to the endocranium with a thrombosis of the sinus cavernosus and septicopyaemia. Complete healing by Antibiotics, Heparin and blood-transfusions. In an judgment for an insurrance company the author states that the accident and commotion partly (30%) was the cause for the tonsillar complications.
D000059:Accidents; D001924:Brain Concussion / Q000150:complications*; D002426:Cavernous Sinus; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018805:Sepsis / Q000209:etiology*; D012851:Sinus Thrombosis, Intracranial / Q000209:etiology*; D014069:Tonsillitis / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology
Zur Zusammenhangsfrage tonsillogener Kavernosus-thrombose und Sepsis nach Commotio cerebri.