title: Cavernous sinus thrombosis following odontogenic and cervicofacial infection.
abstract: Cavernous sinus thrombosis (CST) is rarely seen clinically as a complication of infectious processes since the discovery of penicillin. At the present time, dental abscess is an uncommon cause of CST. We now report our experiences with a 60-year-old diabetic male, who developed CST 38 days after extraction of an infected upper third molar tooth. The importance of eradicating regional cervicofacial foci of infection is stressed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, R.O.C.
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Yun
authors.forename: C F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Lui
mesh_terms: D002426:Cavernous Sinus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D016983:Enterococcus; D005145:Face; D005491:Focal Infection, Dental / Q000150:complications*; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000150:complications; D012851:Sinus Thrombosis, Intracranial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed