[2 cases of rhinogenic intracranial complications with normal rhinoscopy].
Two cases of non-postoperative rhinogenic intracranial complications are reported: patient 1 was a 25-year-old female with meningitis and right orbital phlegmon, and patient 2 was a 21-year-old male with a brain abscess. Main symptoms in these patients were meningeal signs and high fever, and intranasal findings were normal in both patients. The diagnosis was not made until computed tomography revealed paranasal abnormalities. Soon after surgical intervention and treatment with large doses of antibiotics. These patients were completely cured of intracranial complications. It should be beared in mind that rhinogenic intracranial complications with lack of intranasal abnormal findings, as in these patients, can exist even today.
Yamada
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Teikyo University School of Medicine, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Tokyo, Japan.
Kaga
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D000328:Adult; D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008581:Meningitis / Q000209:etiology*; D009916:Orbital Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D010254:Paranasal Sinus Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D010462:Peptostreptococcus; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications; D013290:Streptococcal Infections
Deux cas de complications rhinogéniques intracrâniennes avec rhinoscopie normale.