Acute headache in childhood: a case of sphenoid sinusitis.
A case of sphenoid sinusitis is presented. This case exemplifies the need to consider sinusitis in the differential diagnosis of severe headache, even without the accompanying signs and symptoms of sinusitis. The clinical, presentation, diagnostic work-up, potential complications, and treatment of sphenoid sinusitis are reviewed.
Turkewitz
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Department of Pediatrics, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA 17822.
Keller
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D000208:Acute Disease; D002648:Child; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013101:Sphenoid Sinus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed