Intracranial complications of sphenoidal sinus inflammation.
A young man who presented with bacterial meningitis and visual disturbance developed a left sixth nerve palsy due to an isolated sphenoidal sinus inflammation caused by Corynebacterium haemolyticum. Sphenoidal sinusitis and intracranial infection by C. haemolyticum are uncommon complications.
D000328:Adult; D003354:Corynebacterium Infections; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008581:Meningitis / Q000209:etiology*; D009886:Ophthalmoplegia / Q000209:etiology; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology; D013101:Sphenoid Sinus