title: [Subdural empyema induced by frontal sinusitis].
abstract: Nowadays the complications arising from sinusitis are rare. However its seriousness can even cause death. Intracranial complications are much more uncommon than the orbital ones. However, slight symptoms can appear, which may disjunct the correlation between clinical-radiology and the severity of the infection. The diagnosis is fundamentally based on the TAC, and early treatment with intravenous anti-biotherapy should be implemented, being followed by drainage surgery of the sinus and empyema. We have presented a case which evolved favourably and revised all the literature pertaining to it.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de ORL, Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Melchor Díaz
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Galván Parrado
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rodríguez de la Fuente
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ontañón Martín
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Domingo Carrasco
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Brandariz Castelo
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mariño Espuelas
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Alvarez Vicent
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D013354:Empyema, Subdural / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007427:Intracranial Pressure; D008297:Male; D010256:Paranasal Sinuses / Q000601:surgery; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents