title: The cavernous sinus syndrome. An anatomical and clinical study.
abstract: The cavernous sinus is often involved pathologically, which can cause ocular motor nerve palsies with or without facial sensory disturbances. Consequently several clinical features of ocular motor nerve palsies have been described. In this article we present a study of the cavernous sinus syndrome, and compare this syndrome with other nerve palsy syndromes caused by lesions in or adjacent to the cavernous sinus. The clinical features are explained by means of an anatomical study of the cavernous sinus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: van Overbeeke
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Jansen
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Tulleken
mesh_terms: D002426:Cavernous Sinus / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000294:innervation / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D009802:Oculomotor Nerve / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000473:pathology; D009886:Ophthalmoplegia / Q000473:pathology; D013577:Syndrome